Is a Metaphor Merely a Metaphor?

Abstract

Any given language is replete with metaphors through which speakers of that language experience and interpret the world in which they live. Consequently, every language contains a more-or-less unique set of metaphors; speakers of each language see the world slightly differently, in part at least because they perceived their world through unique set of metaphors. This article is an exploration of some of those unique interpretations of the world by speakers of English, historically as well as by way of various contemporary uses of language.