Discontinuity of temporal experience in Emily Dickinson revisited
... “object” images of time — the conventional metaphor TIME IS A SUBSTANCE and the authorial metaphor TIME IS A PILE OF YEARS. 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 ...
