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Table 1 Total instances of metaphors and relative distribution

From: Battle, Journey, Imprisonment and Burden: patterns of metaphor use in blogs about living with advanced cancer

Source domain

Word types

N = 170

Instances and relative distribution

N = 7286

Journey

61

3597 (49%)

Battle

61

2587 (36%)

Imprisonment

30

594 (8%)

Burden

18

508 (7%)