University of Zurich/Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Seminar «Natural and Artificial Intelligence»
Prof. Rolf Pfeifer (Uni ZH)/Prof. Elmar Holenstein (ETHZ)
Primary Metaphor and Complex Metaphor
Nathan Labhart $
Wartauweg 19
CH–8049 Zürich
Switzerland
079 478 97 66
Major: Public Communications
1st Minor: Computer Science
2nd Minor: Computational Linguistics
February 2002
Contents
Abstract............................................................................................................................... 1
1 What Does «Metaphor» Mean?...................................................................................... 1
2 Primary Metaphor..........................................................................................................2
3Complex Metaphor......................................................................................................... 4
4 What Are Metaphors Good For?.................................................................................... 6
5How Is The Metaphor Theory Related To Cognitive Science?.....................................6
References........................................................................................................................... 7
Appendix A: Notation......................................................................................................... 8
Appendix B: Graphical Overview Of Metaphor Building................................................. 8