Much has been written about the metaphorical and philosophical reasons for their stasis, their inability to leave.
Perhaps this overemphasis on literal images inadvertently discouraged metaphorical responses.
The idiomatic interpretations of both of these expressions are metaphorical extensions of their literal, military interpretations.
Such problems supported the conclusion that past and present kinship groups, recreated through the systematic application of kinship rules, were more metaphorical than substantive.
The apparent dichotomy between metaphorical and logical reasoning is here bridged.
This was mirrored in the metaphorical association of old age with wisdom and experience - the latter being one of the fundamental signifiers of old age.
These projects were not conceived as metaphorical critiques.
The three metaphorical transformations are audible through the layers of observable musical elements to which they give rise: materials, expression, form and value.
