Fwd: invisible metaphors

[Valentina Pagliai]

>Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 13:26:53 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Jack Bilmes <bilmes at hawaii.edu>
>Subject: invisible metaphors
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>Whorf claimed that expressions such as "long" in "long time" and "turn" in
>"turn green" were metaphorical derivations from a more literal usage.  His
>assumption, apparently, was that the spacial/material dimension has
>psychological primacy.  I would like to know if he ever discussed or
>attempted to support this assumption.  Is there anything written about
>Whorf that examines this issue?
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>Any help would be appreciated.
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>Jack Bilmes
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