| to the process | 24 | other |
| in conveying | 8 | manner |
| in communication | 6 | other |
| metaphor → be → important | 24 |
| metaphor → be → fundamental | 15 |
| metaphor → be → central | 14 |
| metaphor → be → crucial | 14 |
| metaphor → be → essential | 9 |
| metaphor → be → key | 6 |
| metaphor → be → the key | 4 |
| metaphor → be → critical | 4 |
| metaphor → be → vital | 3 |
| negative | neutral | positive |
| 0.075 | 0.608 | 0.318 |
| Raw frequency | 93 |
| Normalized frequency | 0.889 |
| Modifier score | 0.700 |
| Perplexity | 25.489 |