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Direct linkRoush, Daniel R. – Sign Language Studies, 2016
Conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) proposes that there is a large system of conceptual metaphors in our cognition known as event-structure metaphors (ESMs). Through ESMs, we understand the conceptual domains of actions, causes, changes, states, purposes, and so forth in terms of the aspects of the domain of motion in space. ESMs are largely…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Figurative Language, Linguistic Theory, Language Universals
