Why does 'inflation' map from economics to language?

💡 Explanation

The term 'inflation' maps because of Conceptual Metaphor theory, which recognizes shared structural correspondences between source and target domains. Both economic inflation and linguistic inflation involve an increase in quantity and decrease in individual value; therefore, the metaphor is effective, rather than due to other superficial similarities.

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