Verisimilar and Metaphorical Representations of Time

Abstract

(from the chapter) focuses on the representations humans have available to cope with the sequential/temporal structure of the world around them / particular emphasis is placed on explicit representations, especially metaphorical representations which facilitate communication about the abstract concept time by allowing mappings onto various more concrete semantic domains / a metaphor continuum is suggested and empirical evidence supporting its psychological relevance is presented / the role of core metaphors is discussed and some empirical evidence is provided which suggests that a number of common dimensions, essentially relative (e.g., dynamic vs. static), may underlie our metaphoric representations