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Abstract

Abstract

Researchers have long recognized the role of metaphor in conceptualizing states. We contribute to research on the conceptualization of concepts in two ways. First, we identify a not-yet-recognized metaphor system commonly used to conceptualize states: . We contend that is an elaboration of the image-schematic metaphor, with a higher degree of specificity, affording entailments not supported by . After introducing the physical qualities metaphor system, we examine the function of in the social world, finding that people use it to evaluate objects across many domains. Specifically, there is a significant distinction between two prototypical physical qualities – and  – used to conceptualize socially salient state differences, with “cooking” as the prototypical form of processing. Particularly in the domain of aesthetic evaluation, this is seen in the metaphor . In practical domains such as sports and science, this is seen in the metaphor . In all these cases, the evaluation of people and objects is grounded in the perception of their states, comprehended as physical qualities.

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