{"id":227,"date":"2025-03-05T18:58:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-05T17:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/?page_id=227"},"modified":"2025-05-16T08:55:19","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T07:55:19","slug":"distribution-of-deliberate-metaphor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/where-does-this-page-go\/key-issues-metaphor\/distribution-of-deliberate-metaphor\/","title":{"rendered":"Distributions and identification procedures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Distinct metaphors properties on the four dimensions of language use display varying distributions across a wide range of parameters of language use:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>data show that different types of metaphors vary across word classes, registers, and genres<\/li>\n<li>data show that different types of metaphors display three-way interactions with both word class and register<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These patterns receive functional interpretations in terms of language use and discourse events (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchgate.net\/publication\/326029027_Metaphor_in_communication_The_distribution_of_potentially_deliberate_metaphor_across_register_and_word_class\">(PDF) Metaphor in communication: The distribution of potentially deliberate metaphor across register and word class<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>There are reliable metaphor identification procedures (MIP and MIPVU) for the linguistic dimension. MIPVU has been discussed regarding its applicability to other languages than English in <a href=\"https:\/\/benjamins.com\/catalog\/celcr.22\">Metaphor Identification in Multiple Languages: MIPVU around the world | Edited by Susan Nacey, Aletta G. Dorst, Tina Krennmayr and W. Gudrun Reijnierse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There is a reliable deliberate metaphor identification procedure (DMIP) for the communicative dimension: <a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/content\/pdf\/10.1007\/s41701-017-0026-7.pdf\">DMIP: A Method for Identifying Potentially Deliberate Metaphor in Language Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For other metaphor properties mentioned elsewhere, there are no generally available and reliable identification procedures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Distinct metaphors properties on the four dimensions of language use display varying distributions across a wide range of parameters of language use: data show that different types of metaphors vary across word classes, registers, and genres data show that different &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/where-does-this-page-go\/key-issues-metaphor\/distribution-of-deliberate-metaphor\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":376,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-227","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1439,"href":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/227\/revisions\/1439"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaphorinaction.nl\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}