Elizabeth Sayrs, Narrative, Metaphor, and Conceptual Blending in "The Hanging Tree"

Example 9. "Moving Observer Metaphor" (Lakoff and Johnson, Philosophy in the Flesh,146)

The Moving Observer Metaphor Locations On Observer's Path of Motion  Times The Motion Of The Observer  The "Passage" Of Time The Distance Moved By The Observer  The Amount Of Time "Passed" As before, this combines frequently with the Time Orientation metaphor, in which the future is ahead and the past is behind. Combining these, we get the mapping: The Location Of The Observer  The Present The Space In Front Of The Observer The Future The Space Behind The Observer The Past Locations On Observer's Path of Motion Times The Motion Of The Observer    The "Passage" of Time The Distance Moved By The Observer The Amount of Time "Passed"