LessonsSix Kinds of Metaphor by Source, Target, and Common FeatureQuiz

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I saw a sun.

If the speaker intends a human person and combines the beauty of that person's appearance with the eminence of their station, the common feature is mixed or composite. Beauty of appearance belongs to the sensory aspect, whereas eminence of position is intellectual or evaluative.

The source is the literal sun and the target is the human individual. Both can be indicated as perceptible beings, while their likeness draws on both sensory and conceptual features. This supplies the third subtype within the sensory–sensory pairing.

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A mixed common feature: sensory plus conceptual

Six Kinds of Metaphor by Source, Target, and Common Feature

رأيتُ شمسًا
I saw a sun.

If the speaker intends a human person and combines the beauty of that person's appearance with the eminence of their station, the common feature is mixed or composite. Beauty of appearance belongs to the sensory aspect, whereas eminence of position is intellectual or evaluative.

The source is the literal sun and the target is the human individual. Both can be indicated as perceptible beings, while their likeness draws on both sensory and conceptual features. This supplies the third subtype within the sensory–sensory pairing.