Discontinuity of temporal experience in Emily Dickinson revisited
... The linguistic realizations of these models are analyzed, revealing the close interconnection between the lyrical speaker’s temporal experience and their psychological state. It is demonstrated that the perception of time as discrete or, conversely, continuous depends on such fundamental yet diverse phenomena of the mental sphere as memory and emotions. The study concludes that object metaphors of time reflect the dual, ambivalent nature of temporal experience, in which discreteness and continuity ...
