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<blockquote data-quote="Randip Singh" data-source="post: 67547" data-attributes="member: 1323"><p>I think I need to clarify what a metaphor is:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><strong>What is a metaphor?</strong></p><p></p><p> </p><p> <strong>Definition</strong> Here are two senses of <em>metaphor:</em> <ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A metaphor is the expression of an understanding of one concept in terms of another concept, where there is some similarity or correlation between the two.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">A metaphor is the understanding itself of one concept in terms of another.</li> </ol><p><strong>Examples (English)</strong> The following sentences illustrate how the metaphorical understanding of <strong>anger-as-fire</strong> is expressed: <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Your insincere apology just <em>added fuel to the fire.</em></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">After the argument, Dave was <em>smoldering </em>for days.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">That <em>kindled </em>my ire.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Boy, am I <em>burned up</em>!</li> </ul><p><strong>Source:</strong> <a href="http://www.sil.org/linguistics/BibliographyLinguistics/LakoffG1987.htm" target="_blank">Lakoff, G. 1987</a> 388</p><p></p><p>by what has been defined above the following lines are clearly metaphors:</p><p></p><p>here is a similar metaphor with fire from Bani</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF" target="_blank">http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=ਕਲਰਿ</a><span style="font-size: 9px"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=15&english=t&id=638#l638" target="_blank">Page 15, Line 10</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">ਪਰ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਪਰ ਮਲੁ ਮੁਖ ਸੁਧੀ ਅਗਨਿ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਚੰਡਾਲੁ ॥</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">पर निंदा पर मलु मुख सुधी अगनि क्रोधु चंडालु ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">Par ninḏā par mal mukẖ suḏẖī agan kroḏẖ cẖandāl.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">Slandering others is putting the filth of others into your own mouth. <span style="color: Red">The </span><span style="color: Red">fire of anger</span> is the outcaste who burns dead bodies at the crematorium.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: green">Guru Nanak Dev</span> - [SIZE=-1]<a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=KeertanPage&K=15&L=10&id=638" target="_blank">view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok</a></p><p></p><p>Fire expressed as desire:</p><p></p><p>[/SIZE]<span style="font-size: 9px"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=19&english=t&id=802#l802" target="_blank"><u>Page 19, Line 10</u></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਲਾਗੇ ਪਚਿ ਮੁਏ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਅਗਿ ॥</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">दुबिधा लागे पचि मुए अंतरि त्रिसना अगि ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">Ḏubiḏẖā lāgė pacẖ muė anṯar ṯarisnā ag.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">Attached to duality, they putrefy and die; they are filled with the<span style="color: Red"> <strong>fire</strong> of desire</span> within.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: green"><strong>Guru Nanak Dev</strong></span> - [SIZE=-1]<a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=KeertanPage&K=19&L=10&id=802" target="_blank"><u>view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok</u></a></p><p></p><p>metaphor of fire as egotism:</p><p></p><p>[/SIZE]<span style="font-size: 9px"><a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=20&english=t&id=848#l848" target="_blank"><u>Page 20, Line 12</u></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: 'AnmolUniPr'"><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਲਾਹੀਐ ਹਉਮੈ ਨਿਵਰੀ ਭਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">गुरमुखि नामु सलाहीऐ हउमै निवरी भाहि ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">Gurmukẖ nām salāhīai haumai nivrī bẖāhi. ||1|| rahāo.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px"><span style="color: BLACK">The Gurmukh praises the Naam, and the <span style="color: Red"><strong>fire</strong> of egotism</span> is extinguished. ||1||Pause||</span></span></p><p><span style="color: green"><strong>Guru Nanak Dev</strong></span> - [SIZE=-1]<a href="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=KeertanPage&K=20&L=12&id=848" target="_blank"><u>view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok</u></a></p><p></p><p>etc etc</p><p></p><p>I can give hundreds of examples. Understand metaphors. Understand Bani.</p><p>[/SIZE]</p><p>See what i mean by metaphor.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Randip Singh, post: 67547, member: 1323"] I think I need to clarify what a metaphor is: [B]What is a metaphor?[/B] [B]Definition[/B] Here are two senses of [I]metaphor:[/I][LIST=1] [*]A metaphor is the expression of an understanding of one concept in terms of another concept, where there is some similarity or correlation between the two. [*]A metaphor is the understanding itself of one concept in terms of another.[/LIST][B]Examples (English)[/B] The following sentences illustrate how the metaphorical understanding of [B]anger-as-fire[/B] is expressed:[LIST] [*]Your insincere apology just [I]added fuel to the fire.[/I] [*]After the argument, Dave was [I]smoldering [/I]for days. [*]That [I]kindled [/I]my ire. [*] Boy, am I [I]burned up[/I]![/LIST][B]Source:[/B] [URL="http://www.sil.org/linguistics/BibliographyLinguistics/LakoffG1987.htm"]Lakoff, G. 1987[/URL] 388 by what has been defined above the following lines are clearly metaphors: here is a similar metaphor with fire from Bani [URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.dictionary?Param=%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%B2%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%BF"][/URL][SIZE=1][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=15&english=t&id=638#l638"]Page 15, Line 10[/URL][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]ਪਰ ਨਿੰਦਾ ਪਰ ਮਲੁ ਮੁਖ ਸੁਧੀ ਅਗਨਿ ਕ੍ਰੋਧੁ ਚੰਡਾਲੁ ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]पर निंदा पर मलु मुख सुधी अगनि क्रोधु चंडालु ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]Par ninḏā par mal mukẖ suḏẖī agan kroḏẖ cẖandāl.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]Slandering others is putting the filth of others into your own mouth. [COLOR=Red]The [/COLOR][COLOR=Red]fire of anger[/COLOR] is the outcaste who burns dead bodies at the crematorium.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=green]Guru Nanak Dev[/COLOR] - [SIZE=-1][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=KeertanPage&K=15&L=10&id=638"]view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok[/URL] Fire expressed as desire: [/SIZE][SIZE=1][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=19&english=t&id=802#l802"][U]Page 19, Line 10[/U][/URL][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]ਦੁਬਿਧਾ ਲਾਗੇ ਪਚਿ ਮੁਏ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਤ੍ਰਿਸਨਾ ਅਗਿ ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]दुबिधा लागे पचि मुए अंतरि त्रिसना अगि ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]Ḏubiḏẖā lāgė pacẖ muė anṯar ṯarisnā ag.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]Attached to duality, they putrefy and die; they are filled with the[COLOR=Red] [B]fire[/B] of desire[/COLOR] within.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=green][B]Guru Nanak Dev[/B][/COLOR] - [SIZE=-1][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=KeertanPage&K=19&L=10&id=802"][U]view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok[/U][/URL] metaphor of fire as egotism: [/SIZE][SIZE=1][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=Page&Param=20&english=t&id=848#l848"][U]Page 20, Line 12[/U][/URL][/SIZE] [FONT=AnmolUniPr][SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]ਗੁਰਮੁਖਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਸਲਾਹੀਐ ਹਉਮੈ ਨਿਵਰੀ ਭਾਹਿ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT] [SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]गुरमुखि नामु सलाहीऐ हउमै निवरी भाहि ॥१॥ रहाउ ॥[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]Gurmukẖ nām salāhīai haumai nivrī bẖāhi. ||1|| rahāo.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [SIZE=1][COLOR=BLACK]The Gurmukh praises the Naam, and the [COLOR=Red][B]fire[/B] of egotism[/COLOR] is extinguished. ||1||Pause||[/COLOR][/SIZE] [COLOR=green][B]Guru Nanak Dev[/B][/COLOR] - [SIZE=-1][URL="http://www.srigranth.org/servlet/gurbani.gurbani?Action=KeertanPage&K=20&L=12&id=848"][U]view Shabad/Paurhi/Salok[/U][/URL] etc etc I can give hundreds of examples. Understand metaphors. Understand Bani. [/SIZE] See what i mean by metaphor. [/QUOTE]
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