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3,439 active connections1,393 concepts3,439 connections with English text

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43 connections in this selection

  1. R-21 · Distinction · directed

    Allegory → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    A metaphor brings domains of meaning into contact. An allegory sustains a further level of interpretation across characters, scenes or a larger representation. A single metaphor may contribute to that pattern, which extends beyond the individual expression.
    Evidence basis
    Profilfeld: Nicht verwechseln mit (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  2. R-84 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Extension of meaning → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Metaphor can extend an expression to new domains of use. It is one route to semantic broadening, alongside other kinds of extension.
    Evidence basis
    Importierter Querverweis über Fachgrenzen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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  3. R-89 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Shift in meaning → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Metaphor can give rise to new uses that later become established senses. Tracing the move from a contextual transfer to lasting semantic change requires historical evidence.
    Evidence basis
    Importierter Querverweis über Fachgrenzen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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    This connection on the mapExplore around Shift in meaningExplore around Metaphor

  4. R-142 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Embodiment → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Embodiment offers a way to ask how bodily experience contributes to metaphorical meaning. A single metaphor can illustrate that connection, while a broader account of embodied cognition requires wider evidence.
    Evidence basis
    Importierter Querverweis über Fachgrenzen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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    This connection on the mapExplore around EmbodimentExplore around Metaphor

  5. R-187 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Frame semantics → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    A metaphor can make one domain intelligible in terms of another. Frame semantics helps identify the roles and expectations called up by the wording. Frames can also be evoked by literal expressions.
    Evidence basis
    Importierter Querverweis über Fachgrenzen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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    This connection on the mapExplore around Frame semanticsExplore around Metaphor

  6. R-189 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Framing → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    A metaphor can make some features of a subject salient and draw attention away from others. It is one way to frame an issue. Literal descriptions and choices about which facts to mention can frame it too.
    Evidence basis
    Importierter Querverweis über Fachgrenzen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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    This connection on the mapExplore around FramingExplore around Metaphor

  7. R-251 · Distinction · directed

    Isotopy → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Ein Atlasprofil grenzt den Zielbegriff ausdrücklich ab. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Isotopy connects parts of a text through recurring semantic features. Metaphor brings domains of meaning together and can contribute to that coherence by a different operation.
    Evidence basis
    Profilfeld: Nicht verwechseln mit (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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    This connection on the mapExplore around IsotopyExplore around Metaphor

  8. R-312 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Metaphor → Metonymy

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Metaphor connects domains through a transfer of perspective. Metonymy connects things related within a domain. Comparing the two reveals different mechanisms and cases that may combine them.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around MetaphorExplore around Metonymy

  9. R-316 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Metonymy → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Metonymy identifies something through an associated entity. Metaphor interprets it through another domain. The comparison asks what kind of connection supports each reading.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around MetonymyExplore around Metaphor

  10. R-353 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Personification → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Personification presents something non-human as having human qualities. This makes it open to analysis as a metaphor, with the particular feature that it treats what it describes as a person or human-like agent.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around PersonificationExplore around Metaphor

  11. R-370 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Polysemy → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Metaphorical transfer can give an expression a related use. Polysemy concerns an established set of related senses. An isolated metaphor alone cannot establish a new sense.
    Evidence basis
    Importierter Querverweis über Fachgrenzen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around PolysemyExplore around Metaphor

  12. R-407 · Productive tension · undirected

    Selection Restriction ↔ Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Zwei Begriffe bilden eine redaktionell bestätigte produktive Spannung. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    A metaphor can unsettle ordinary expectations about what can be combined with an expression. That can prompt a new interpretation. The comparison separates established selection restrictions from what an individual metaphor asks readers to infer.
    Evidence basis
    ATLAS_094: bestätigte Spannungsachse (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 bestätigt (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

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    This connection on the mapExplore around Selection RestrictionExplore around Metaphor

  13. R-460 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Literary synaesthesia → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Literary synaesthesia brings qualities from different senses together in language. It can be studied as a particular kind of metaphorical transfer.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around Literary synaesthesiaExplore around Metaphor

  14. R-465 · Subject neighbour · directed

    Synecdoche → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Beide Begriffe gehören demselben fachlichen Kontinent an. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Synecdoche and metaphor can both name or describe something indirectly. Synecdoche uses a relation such as part to whole. Metaphor interprets one domain through another.
    Evidence basis
    Gemeinsamer fachlicher Kontinent (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 klassifiziert (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around SynecdocheExplore around Metaphor

  15. R-526 · Productive tension · undirected

    Metaphor ↔ Selection Restriction

    Meaning of the relation type
    Zwei Begriffe bilden eine redaktionell bestätigte produktive Spannung. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    English editorial text
    Selection restrictions describe the kinds of meaning an expression normally expects in its complements. Metaphorical use can shift that expectation. The context then has to support a reading that makes sense of the initially unusual combination.
    Evidence basis
    ATLAS_094: bestätigte Spannungsachse (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_109 bestätigt (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around MetaphorExplore around Selection Restriction

  16. R-601 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Semantic fading → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    Navigation note
    The navigator leads directly from Semantic fading to Metaphor.
    Evidence basis
    Expliziter Querverweis im Batchprofil (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_119 · automatisch vorgeschlagen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around Semantic fadingExplore around Metaphor

  17. R-602 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Metaphor → Semantic fading

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    Navigation note
    From Metaphor, Semantic fading offers a further line of inquiry.
    Evidence basis
    Reziproker Navigationsweg (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_119 · automatisch vorgeschlagen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around MetaphorExplore around Semantic fading

  18. R-645 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Defamiliarization → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    Navigation note
    The navigator leads directly from Defamiliarization to Metaphor.
    Evidence basis
    Expliziter Querverweis im Batchprofil (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_119 · automatisch vorgeschlagen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around DefamiliarizationExplore around Metaphor

  19. R-646 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Metaphor → Defamiliarization

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    Navigation note
    From Metaphor, Defamiliarization offers a further line of inquiry.
    Evidence basis
    Reziproker Navigationsweg (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_119 · automatisch vorgeschlagen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around MetaphorExplore around Defamiliarization

  20. R-703 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Kuchisabishii → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    Navigation note
    The navigator leads directly from Kuchisabishii to Metaphor.
    Evidence basis
    Expliziter Querverweis im Batchprofil (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_119 · automatisch vorgeschlagen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around KuchisabishiiExplore around Metaphor

  21. R-704 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Metaphor → Kuchisabishii

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    Navigation note
    From Metaphor, Kuchisabishii offers a further line of inquiry.
    Evidence basis
    Reziproker Navigationsweg (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_119 · automatisch vorgeschlagen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around MetaphorExplore around Kuchisabishii

  22. R-929 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Enallage → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    Navigation note
    The navigator leads directly from Enallage to Metaphor.
    Evidence basis
    Expliziter Querverweis im Batchprofil (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_133 · automatisch vorgeschlagen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around EnallageExplore around Metaphor

  23. R-930 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Metaphor → Enallage

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    Navigation note
    From Metaphor, Enallage offers a further line of inquiry.
    Evidence basis
    Reziproker Navigationsweg (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_133 · automatisch vorgeschlagen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around MetaphorExplore around Enallage

  24. R-1411 · Cross-field connection · directed

    Anthimeria → Metaphor

    Meaning of the relation type
    Die Verbindung überschreitet einen fachlichen Kontinent. (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Why connected?
    Navigation note
    The Atlas links Anthimeria to Metaphor by subject matter or effect.
    Evidence basis
    Expliziter Querverweis im Profil (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)
    Recorded review status
    ATLAS_152 · redaktionell vorgeschlagen (Original source wording; no separate translation recorded)

    This connection in the earlier English edition

    This connection on the mapExplore around AnthimeriaExplore around Metaphor

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