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Analysis Of Metaphorical Constructions In Textbooks On The Russian As Foreign Language

Table 2:

# Types Notable subtypes Source contexts Target contexts Attribute contexts
D Z P D Z P D Z P
1 Abilities - 3 1 1 2
2 Strength 1 1 15 2 3
3 Activity - 29 7 10 2 7 5 2
4 Facial expressions 3 1
5 Speech 6 4 2
6 Thinking 2 1 4
7 Age 1 6 1 31
8 Character 7 3 5 6 3
9 Concept 12 3 8 6
10 Emotional experience 7 9 12 11 1
11 Event 40 3 12
12 Exterior - 11 8 2
13 Combustion 3 3
14 Freezing 1
15 Light 2 1 11 2 4
16 Shape 4 2 3
17 Function 9 7 7
18 Information 5 1 2
19 Magnitude - 25 2 16
20 Dimension 1 27 10 7
21 Weight 37 4 3
22 Material - 3 1 1 16 6 5 7 4
23 Freshness 4 4
24 Softness 4
25 Temperature 2 3 4
26 Multitude - 3 3 2 3
27 Set 11 1 1
28 Object - 22 10 34 129 33 45
29 Body part 16 4 3 1 3 2 1
30 Phenomenon 19 8 2 1 3 2
31 Relationship - 7 3 2 2
32 Endowment 3 1
33 Sound 2 2 1
34 Structure - 4 1
35 Filling 7 3 6
36 Firmness 4 2 1
37 Openness 3 2
38 Subject - 2 1 39 10 38
39 Human 10 6 1 6 5 10
40 Plant 1 2 1
41 Substance - 2 2 8 6
42 Clarity 3 4
43 Density 2
44 Fluidity 1 1 1
45 Taste 6 1 1
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