Metaphor:COMPETITION IS A RACE

Name Gloss	COMPETITION IS A RACE
Name Transcription
Aliases	COMPETITION IS A RACE (Metaphors We Live By) A COMPETITION IS A RACE (Metaphors We Live By)
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Race Roles:racers, racer1, racer2, race_event, outcome, winner, loser, prize, race x-schema
Target Frame	Competition Roles:competition_event, competition_x-schema, competition_prize, competition_purpose, competition_start, competition_end, competition_competitor1, competition_competitor2, competiition_outcome, competition_winner, competition_loser

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Example Text:	The arms race.
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Example Text:	We’ve been playing chess for years, and he’s finally pulling ahead of me.
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Example Text:	He’s a better writer than I am, and he’s widening the distance.
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Economic competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Economic_competition" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Competition" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Physical competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Physical_competition" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="Political competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Political_competition" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Recreational competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Recreational_competition" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Evaluation" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Evaluation" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Race" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Race" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="Recreational competition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Recreational_competition" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }