Dead metaphors

[Christian Kjaer Nelson]

(Apologies for cross-posting)

Anybody know of the origins of the term "dead metaphor"?

Reddy uses it in the piece cited below, but seems to use it as though it was
a well known and used term that originated before him. Does anyone have
citation information for the likely origination of the term?

Reddy, M. J. (1979). The conduit metaphor: A case of frame in our language
about language. In A. Ortony (Ed.), Metaphor and thought (pp. 284-324).
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Thanks,
Christian Nelson

Dr. Christian K. Nelson
Department of Communication
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003
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