What is an emotion-as-bounded-space metaphor?

What is an emotion-as-bounded-space metaphor?

Definition
	A conventional metaphor in which an emotion is represented as a bounded space, such that a person's location in the space represents that he is experiencing the emotion.

Examples
	Here are some examples in English:
	She flew into a rage. She was in an angry mood. He was in a state of anger. I am not easily roused to anger.

Generic
	An emotion-as-bounded-space metaphor is a kind of
	What is a metaphor for emotion in general?

Source
	Kovecses 1986

Context for this page:

Concept module: emotion-as-bounded-space metaphor
In modular book: Metaphors in English, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H. Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Lexicon

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