Links to Berkeley Cognitive Science Metaphor Index

The links to the "Berkeley Files" are to a website created some years ago at the University of California, Berkeley, where a considerable amount of research has been done on metaphor. The Berkeley site contains hundreds of metaphors, listed alphabetically by Target and by Source Domains. I have sorted them according to Source Domains in the clusters created here.

Objects, Possessions, Entities, Bodies

Theories Are Beings With Life Cycles

Beliefs Are Beings With a Life Cycle

The Mind Is A Body

Society Is A Body

Personality Is Material

Laughter Is A Substance

Force Is A Substance Directed At An Affected Party

Force Is A Substance Contained in Affecting Causes

Emotions Are Entities Within A Person

Attributes Are Entities

Abilities Are Entities

Love Is A Unity (of Two Complementary Parts)

 

Opportunities Are Objects

Mind, Or Mental Self Is A Brittle Object

Ideas Are Objects

Existence Is An Object

Event Structure (obj Case)

Emotional Self Is A Brittle Object

Competition Is Competition For Desired Objects

Causes And Effects Are Linked Objects

Beliefs Are Love Objects

Acting On Is Transferring An Object

Harm Is Causing Functional Objects To Be Nonfunctional

A Force Is A Moving Object

A Schedule Is A Moving Object

 

Hope Is A Beneficial Possession

Responsibilities Are Possessions

Properties Are Possessions

Obligations Are Possessions

Loved One Is A Possession

Harm Is Lacking A Needed Possession

Harm Is Having A Harmful Possession

Comparison Of Properties Is Comparison Of Possessions (non-evaluative)

Beliefs Are Possessions

 

Structuring

Control Is Up   

Euphoric States Are Up

Rational Is Up

Harming Is Lowering

 

Coherent Is Whole  

Darkness Is A Solid

 

Coherent Is Aligned

Existence Is Having A Form

Perception Is Shape Recognition

Theories Are Constructed Objects

Problem Is A Constructed Object