1.Collect conventionalized metaphors that have body parts in the lowerhalf of the body (leg, foot, toe, etc.) as their source concepts. Find outwhich parts of the human body are particularly productive as sourceconcepts and try to explain why this is so.(p131)

2.According to Quinn (1987) the main metaphors with which Americansconceptualize MARRIAGE are:+MARRIAGE IS A MANUFACTURED PRODUCT+,e.g. we want to work hard at making our marriage strong+MARRIAGE IS AN ONGOING JOURNEY+,e.g. we went in a common direction+MARRIAGE IS A DURABLE BOND BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE+,e.g. they are tied to each other.Find other linguistic expressions which reflect these metaphors.(p131)

3.Collect animal metaphors like He is a real pig or She is a bitch from a dictionary and explain them with the notions ‘source’ and ‘target concept’.(p132)

4.Look up definitions of emotion terms like anger, rage, hate, disgust, fear,panic, love, affection in several dictionaries and decide whether they arehelpful as descriptions of these emotions. Do these definitions makeuse of metonymies and metaphors?(p144)

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