Personification
Personification
Personification is an ontological metaphor in which a thing or abstraction is represented as a person.
(English)
His religion tells him he can’t drink wine.
Page/s: 878
Source: Mish 1991
Mish, Frederick (editor). 1991.Webster's ninth new collegiate dictionary. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. 1,564 pages. 0877795088; indexed 0877795096; deluxe 087779510X.
Page/s: 33–34
Source: Lakoff, G. and Johnson 1980
Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. 1980.Metaphors we live by. Chicago: University of Chicago.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Entity Metaphor
Related terms
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/personification
