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Tab. 56: Keywords that most frequently evoke non-perceptual frames.  nouns are targets and adjectives are sources, then “it should follow that senses richer in nouns are more likely to be targets, while senses richer in adjectives are more likely to be sources” (Strik Lievers 2015: 87). Likewise, Ronga (2016: 48) notes that synesthetic metaphors in most cases contain a head, which is typi- cally a noun, and a modifier, which is most often an adjective. The multiformity of metaphors in texts is also noted by Goatly (1997) and Cameron (2003). It follows clearly from Goatly’s (1997) analysis of examples from the literature and the Bank of English that metaphors are expressed not only by nouns, but by other parts of speech as well. Some analyses show that verbs are more frequently used metaphorically (to evoke metaphorical source domains) than nouns (Cameron 2003; Deignan 2005; Pragglejaz Group 2007; Steen et al. 2010; Sullivan 2018). Cameron (2003: 88-89) compares the number of metaphors expressed by dif- ferent linguistic forms, which enables her to determine that almost 50 % of metaphors come in the form of verbs. Metaphorical expressions involving nouns (of the type A=B, e.g., Man is a wolf) make up no more than 5 % of the corpus.

Table 61 Tab. 56: Keywords that most frequently evoke non-perceptual frames. nouns are targets and adjectives are sources, then “it should follow that senses richer in nouns are more likely to be targets, while senses richer in adjectives are more likely to be sources” (Strik Lievers 2015: 87). Likewise, Ronga (2016: 48) notes that synesthetic metaphors in most cases contain a head, which is typi- cally a noun, and a modifier, which is most often an adjective. The multiformity of metaphors in texts is also noted by Goatly (1997) and Cameron (2003). It follows clearly from Goatly’s (1997) analysis of examples from the literature and the Bank of English that metaphors are expressed not only by nouns, but by other parts of speech as well. Some analyses show that verbs are more frequently used metaphorically (to evoke metaphorical source domains) than nouns (Cameron 2003; Deignan 2005; Pragglejaz Group 2007; Steen et al. 2010; Sullivan 2018). Cameron (2003: 88-89) compares the number of metaphors expressed by dif- ferent linguistic forms, which enables her to determine that almost 50 % of metaphors come in the form of verbs. Metaphorical expressions involving nouns (of the type A=B, e.g., Man is a wolf) make up no more than 5 % of the corpus.