Module 03

Conceptual Metaphor

How systematic metaphorical mappings structure human reasoning — and how AI models learn and use them.

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Structure

2 Lessons

Investment

1.5h

Level

Intermediate

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3.1 — Metaphor Theory & LLMs

The systematic nature of conceptual metaphor and how LLMs implicitly learn metaphorical mappings from training data.

Learning Objectives
1

Define Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) and explain the SOURCE DOMAIN → TARGET DOMAIN mapping structure

2

Analyze ARGUMENT IS WAR and its complete set of structural entailments in language

3

Explain how LLMs learn metaphorical patterns implicitly from large-scale training corpora

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3.1

Metaphor Theory & LLMs

The systematic nature of conceptual metaphor and how LLMs implicitly learn metaphorical mappings from training data.

45 min
3.2

Metaphor in Prompt Engineering

Using CMT to craft prompts that deliberately activate specific conceptual frames in AI models.

45 min