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Generic-level metaphor
A term coined by George Lakoff and Mark Turner in their application of conceptual metaphor theory to poetic metaphor. Relates to a relatively schematic or abstract level of metaphoric representation which provides structure that can be inherited by specific-level metaphor. For instance, the individual metaphors which make up the Event Structure Metaphor are generic-level metaphors and are inherited by more specific metaphors via a process known as inheritance.
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