spatial metaphor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspatialandmetaphor
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spatial
adjective
uk/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/us/ˈspeɪ.ʃəl/
relating to the position, area, and size ...
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metaphor
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈmet.ə.fɔːr/us/ˈmet̬.ə.fɔːr/
an expression, often found in literature, that describes a person or object by referring to something that is considered to have similar characteristics to that person ...
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(Definition ofspatialandmetaphorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofspatial metaphor
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This pervasivespatialmetaphorencapsulates local notions of identity and authenticity.
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The model of subversion and containment relies upon aspatialmetaphorof enclosure to explain how ideology is (re)inscribed upon individuals despite their resistance.
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Porosity is aspatialmetaphorfor time in the city, for the variety of temporal dimensions embedded in physical space.
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The familiarspatialmetaphorof a cube or box can delude us into thinking that three dimensions constitute an obvious number and that these three exhaust the possibilities.
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Yet even while deploying thespatialmetaphorof containment, many feminist scholars focus on the ideological issues at stake without considering whether these too might have spatial implications.
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Our perceptions can be primed by previous experience (a timebased phenomenon) and anchored in unconscious ways (aspatialmetaphorfor connection that is more a matter of being?).
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But for the overwhelming majority of other member states, the principle also applies across or down—or whateverspatialmetaphorone wants to choose.
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Thisspatialmetaphorcan be analysed by sociologists and realised in diagrammatic form.
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One of the ways we do so is through the creation of spatial metaphors.
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Spatial metaphors and the generalizations they make possible are shown to be insufficient to capture the social meanings instantiated by the two forms of address.
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Workbench is a spatial file manager in the sense that it uses aspatialmetaphorto represent files and folders as if they are real physical objects.
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How are spatial metaphors built into our linguistic theories in takenfor-granted ways?
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This had the unintended consequence of reproducing the a-historicism of the category of "tradition" employed by modernization theorists via the spatial metaphors of center and periphery.
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Designers of computer systems often use spatial metaphors as a way of controlling the complexity of interfaces.
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The majority of these types of metaphors are based on the concept of various spaces and physical places, therefore, most are considered spatial metaphors.
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