% metaphor-doc.tex \documentclass{article} \usepackage[index]{metaphor} \usepackage{hyperref} \hypersetup{ linkcolor=blue, urlcolor=blue, colorlinks=true } \usepackage[margin=1in]{geometry} \usepackage{listings} \lstset{ language=[LaTeX]TeX, basicstyle=\ttfamily\small, % numbers=left, % numberstyle=\tiny, % stepnumber=1, % numbersep=5pt, breaklines=true } \title{The \texttt{metaphor} Package} \author{Andrew W. Lounsbury, \texttt{alounsbury8@gmail.com}} \date{v1.0, 2026/03/25} \begin{document} \maketitle \tableofcontents \bigskip \section{Introduction} This package is licensed with \href{https://ctan.org/license/lppl1.3c}{LPPL 1.3c}, and provides commands that typeset conceptual metaphors and their mappings. \section{Dependencies} This package requires \href{https://ctan.org/pkg/imakeidx}{imakeidx}, \href{https://ctan.org/pkg/kvoptions}{kvoptions}, and \href{https://ctan.org/pkg/tabularx}{tabularx}. \section{Package Options} \begin{description} \item[\texttt{index}] Defines an index named \texttt{metaphors} of all metaphors and metonyms in the document made using the commands in \S\ref{subsec:metaphor} and \S\ref{subsec:metonym}. \begin{lstlisting} \makeindex[name=metaphors,title=Index of Metaphors and Metonyms] \end{lstlisting} Print the index with \begin{lstlisting} \printindex[metaphors] \end{lstlisting} and add the index to the table of contents with \begin{lstlisting} \addcontentsline{toc}{}{Index of Metaphors and Metonyms} \end{lstlisting} \item[\texttt{indextitle=}] Sets the title of the Metaphor/Metonymy index. Default: \texttt{Index of Metaphors and Metonyms}. Note that curly braces \{\dots\} are required for index titles with spaces. \item[\texttt{borders}] Enables table borders. Default: \metaphor{love is a journey}\footnote{\cite[p.~9]{kovecses2010}} \begin{metaphormapping}{journey}{love} \map{the travelers}{the lovers} \map{the vehicle}{the love relationship itself} \map{the distance covered}{the progress made} \map{the obstacles encountered}{the difficulties experienced} \map{decisions about which way to go}{choices about what to do} \map{the destination of the journey}{the goal(s) of the relationship} \end{metaphormapping} with borders: \makeatletter \metaphor@borderstrue \makeatother \metaphor{love is a journey} \begin{metaphormapping}{journey}{love} \map{the travelers}{the lovers} \map{the vehicle}{the love relationship itself} \map{the distance covered}{the progress made} \map{the obstacles encountered}{the difficulties experienced} \map{decisions about which way to go}{choices about what to do} \map{the destination of the journey}{the goal(s) of the relationship} \end{metaphormapping} \item[\texttt{thickness=<length>}] Sets border thickness. Default: \texttt{0.4pt} Example: \texttt{thickness=1.5pt} \makeatletter { \renewcommand*\metaphor@thickness{1.5pt} \metaphor{love is a journey} \begin{metaphormapping}{journey}{love} \map{the travelers}{the lovers} \map{the vehicle}{the love relationship itself} \map{the distance covered}{the progress made} \map{the obstacles encountered}{the difficulties experienced} \map{decisions about which way to go}{choices about what to do} \map{the destination of the journey}{the goal(s) of the relationship} \end{metaphormapping} } \makeatletter \metaphor@bordersfalse \makeatother \item[\texttt{rowheight=<factor>}] Controls vertical spacing between rows. Default: \texttt{1.0} \metaphor{ideas are food}\footnote{\cite[p.~83]{kovecses2010}} \begin{metaphormapping}{ideas}{food} \map{cooking}{thinking} \map{swallowing}{accepting} \map{chewing}{considering} \map{digesting}{understanding} \map{nourishment}{mental well-being} \end{metaphormapping} \newpage Example: \texttt{rowheight=2.0} \makeatletter { \metaphor{ideas are food} \renewcommand*\metaphor@rowheight{2.0} \begin{metaphormapping}{ideas}{food} \map{cooking}{thinking} \map{swallowing}{accepting} \map{chewing}{considering} \map{digesting}{understanding} \map{nourishment}{mental well-being} \end{metaphormapping} } \makeatother \item[\texttt{small} and \texttt{footnotesize}] Respectively apply the \texttt{\textbackslash{}small} and \texttt{\textbackslash{}footnotesize} font sizes. Default: \metaphor{social organizations are plants}\footnote{\cite[p.~10]{kovecses2010}} \begin{metaphormapping}{plant}{social organization} \map{the whole plant}{the entire organization} \map{a part of the plant}{a part of the organization} \map{growth of the plant}{development of the organization} \map{removing a part of the plant}{reducing the organization} \map{the root of the plant}{the origin of the organization} \map{the flowering}{the best stage, the most successful stage} \map{the fruits or crops}{the beneficial consequences} \end{metaphormapping} \texttt{small}: \makeatletter \metaphor@smalltrue \metaphor{social organizations are plants} \begin{metaphormapping}{plant}{social organization} \map{the whole plant}{the entire organization} \map{a part of the plant}{a part of the organization} \map{growth of the plant}{development of the organization} \map{removing a part of the plant}{reducing the organization} \map{the root of the plant}{the origin of the organization} \map{the flowering}{the best stage, the most successful stage} \map{the fruits or crops}{the beneficial consequences} \end{metaphormapping} \metaphor@smallfalse \makeatother \texttt{footnotesize}: \makeatletter \metaphor@footnotesizetrue \metaphor{social organizations are plants} \begin{metaphormapping}{plant}{social organization} \map{the whole plant}{the entire organization} \map{a part of the plant}{a part of the organization} \map{growth of the plant}{development of the organization} \map{removing a part of the plant}{reducing the organization} \map{the root of the plant}{the origin of the organization} \map{the flowering}{the best stage, the most successful stage} \map{the fruits or crops}{the beneficial consequences} \end{metaphormapping} \metaphor@footnotesizefalse \makeatother \item[\texttt{xcols}] Converts the table from a \texttt{tabular} environment to a \texttt{tabularx} environment with columns of type \texttt{X} and with a table width of $\langle$\textit{table-width}$\rangle \cdot$\texttt{\textbackslash{}textwidth}: Default: \metaphor{a target is a source} \begin{metaphormapping}[0.5]{source}{target} \map{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.} \end{metaphormapping} \begin{lstlisting} \documentclass{article} \usepackage[xcols]{metaphor} \begin{document} \metaphor{a target is a source} \begin{metaphormapping}[<table-width>]{source}{target} \map{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.} \end{metaphormapping} \end{document} \end{lstlisting} Example: \texttt{table-width=0.5} \metaphor{a target is a source} \makeatletter \metaphor@xcolstrue \begin{metaphormapping}[0.5]{source}{target} \map{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.}{Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.} \end{metaphormapping} \metaphor@xcolsfalse \makeatother \end{description} \section{Commands and Environments} \subsection{The \texttt{metaphor} command} \label{subsec:metaphor} \begin{lstlisting} \NewDocumentCommand{\metaphor}{m}{% \ifmetaphor@index \index[metaphors]{\textsc{#1}}% \textsc{#1} \else \textsc{#1} \fi } \end{lstlisting} Example: \metaphor{time is money} \subsection{The \texttt{metonym} command} \label{subsec:metonym} \begin{lstlisting} \NewDocumentCommand{\metonym}{m}{% \ifmetaphor@index \index[metaphors]{\textsc{#1}}% \textsc{#1} \else \textsc{#1} \fi } \end{lstlisting} Example: \metonym{a part for the whole} \subsection{The \texttt{metaphormapping} environment and the \texttt{map} command} \begin{lstlisting} \documentclass{article} \usepackage{metaphor} \begin{document} \metaphor{a target is a source} \begin{metaphormapping}{source}{target} \map{hello world}{lorem ipsum dolor sit amet} \end{metaphormapping} \end{document} \end{lstlisting} \metaphor{a target is a source} \begin{metaphormapping}{source}{target} \map{hello world}{lorem ipsum dolor sit amet} \end{metaphormapping} \begin{lstlisting} \documentclass{article} \usepackage{metaphor} \begin{document} \metaphor{anger is a hot fluid in a container} \begin{metaphormapping} {hot fluid in a container}{anger} \map{the physical container}{the angry person's body} \map{the top of the container}{the rational self of the angry person} \map{the hot fluid inside the container}{the anger} \map{the degree of fluid heat}{the intensity of anger} \map{the cause of increase in fluid heat}{the cause of anger} \end{metaphormapping} \end{document} \end{lstlisting} \metaphor{anger is a hot fluid in a container}\footnote{\cite[p.~123]{kovecses2010}} \begin{metaphormapping}{hot fluid in a container}{anger} \map{the physical container}{the angry person's body} \map{the top of the container}{the rational self of the angry person} \map{the hot fluid inside the container}{the anger} \map{the degree of fluid heat}{the intensity of anger} \map{the cause of increase in fluid heat}{the cause of anger} \end{metaphormapping} \printindex[metaphors] \addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Index of Metaphors and Metonyms} \begin{thebibliography}{9} \bibitem{kovecses2010} Zolt\'an K\"ovecses, \textit{Metaphor: A Practical Introduction}, Oxford University Press, 2010. \end{thebibliography} \end{document}