Thursday 17 February 2022

Metaphorical Correspondence Represented As Box Diagram

Halliday & Matthiessen (1999: 289, 290):
… the metaphorical example Ali gave Frazier a punch can be diagrammed as in Figure 6-18. Note that the metaphorical function of a punch is modelled not on that of Goal but on that of Range — in traditional terms, it is a "cognate object" rather than a "direct object".