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placed the verb brjóta into the category of Others. Finally, following
Stefanowitsch (2006:92), the verb beina ‘direct’ can be categorized into
anger is an object directed at someone. Stefanowitsch implies that
this metaphor is also compatible with the image of a fi erce animal at-
tacking its prey. According to Kövecses (1990: 62), the main focus of
the animal metaphor is the danger to others, and the verb beina seems
to focus on this aspect. However, Stefanowitsch also admits that the
verb is not necessarily associated with that image. In this way, the
verb beina is highly general and the present study categorized it as
well into Others.7
In brief, the metaphorical collocate that is most strongly associ-
ated with reiði is the verb ólga, which is not directly connected to
any specifi c metaphor. However, as shown in Table 3, most of the sig-
nifi cant collocates are subsumed under the fluid metaphor, and it
can therefore be concluded, according to the second criterion, that
the central metaphor for reiði is the fluid metaphor (reiði er heitur
vökvi í íláti).
4.2 Examples in the corpus
As discussed above, the MI score method leads to the conclusion that
the central metaphor for reiði is the fluid metaphor. Below are some
further examples.
(7) a. Ég fylltist reiði.
I got fi lled anger
‘I got fi lled with anger’ (BAEKUR-B2T)
b. Ég fann öryggi og reiði fylla mig.
I found assurance and anger fi ll me
‘I felt assurance and anger fi ll me’ (BAEKUR-B0K)
c. [...] reiðin sauð innra með henni.
anger.the seethed inner with her
‘The anger seethed up inside of her’ (BAEKUR-B0A)
7 An anonymous reviewer helpfully pointed out that the verb beina could be catego-
rized under the anger is a weapon metaphor, which can be seen in the expression
beina spjótum sínum að einhverjum ‘direct one’s criticism at someone (lit. direct one’s
spears at someone)’. In fact, this possibility also indicates that the verb beina is
general. Nevertheless, in both interpretations, the verb indicates that the anger (or
criticism) is directed at someone, and it seems to focus on the aspect of the danger
to others.
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