Stories That Words Tell Us
Stories That Words Tell Us
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A great many of the metaphors found in words are the same in manylanguages. Many of them are taken from agriculture, which is, ofcourse, after hunting, the earliest occupation of all peoples. We caneasily think of many words now used in a general sense whichoriginally applied to some simple country practice. We speak of being"goaded" to do a thing when some one persuades or threatens orirritates us into doing it. But a _goad_ was originally a spiked stickused to drive cattle forward. The word _...goad_, then, as we use it now, is a real metaphor.
Again, we speak of our feelings being "harrowed. " The word _harrow_first meant, and still means, the drawing of a frame with iron teeth(itself called a _harrow_) over ploughed land to break up the clods. From this meaning it has come to have the figurative meaning ofwounding or ruffling the feelings.
Another word connected with agriculture which has passed into ageneral sense is _glean_. We may now speak of "gleaning" certain factsor news, but to glean was originally (and still means in its literalsense) to gather the ears of corn remaining after the reapers have gotin the harvest.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
A great many of the metaphors found in words are the same in manylanguages. Many of them are taken from agriculture, which is, ofcourse, after hunting, the earliest occupation of all peoples. We caneasily think of many words now used in a general sense whichoriginally applied to some simple country practice. We speak of being"goaded" to do a thing when some one persuades or threatens orirritates us into doing it. But a _goad_ was originally a spiked stickused to drive cattle forward. The word _...goad_, then, as we use it now, is a real metaphor.
Again, we speak of our feelings being "harrowed. " The word _harrow_first meant, and still means, the drawing of a frame with iron teeth(itself called a _harrow_) over ploughed land to break up the clods. From this meaning it has come to have the figurative meaning ofwounding or ruffling the feelings.
Another word connected with agriculture which has passed into ageneral sense is _glean_. We may now speak of "gleaning" certain factsor news, but to glean was originally (and still means in its literalsense) to gather the ears of corn remaining after the reapers have gotin the harvest.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by O'neill, Elizabeth (Elizabeth Speakman), B. 1877 to read onlineMoreLess
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