Metaphor:CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL PROCESS

Name Gloss	CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL PROCESS
Name Transcription
Aliases	CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL PROCESS (Elise and Oana)
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Destructive_natural_process Roles:destructive_process, destroyed_entity, destructive_effect, consequence_of_destruction, cause_of_destruction
Target Frame	Corruption Roles:corrupt_actor, corrupt_activities, harmed_entity, corruption_affectee, corruption_effect

Mappings:

corrupting_activities	<=	destructive_process
x-schema: progressive, slow, ongoing

corruption_affectee	<=	destroyed_entity

corruption_effect	<=	destructive_effect

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL PROCESS
Relation Type	is both a source and target subcase of
Related Metaphor	MORAL CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	California Cities Struggling Under Wave of Corruption
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.aolnews.com/2010/08/16/calif-cities-struggling-under-wave-of-corruption/
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	FIFA facing corruption 'tsunami'
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-05-28/fifa-facing-corruption-tsunami/2735470
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n2 -> n5 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

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n3 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="CORRUPTION IS DECAY" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CORRUPTION_IS_DECAY" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="CORRUPTION IS EROSION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CORRUPTION_IS_EROSION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n5 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="MORAL CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE FORCE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:MORAL_CORRUPTION_IS_A_DESTRUCTIVE_FORCE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n6 [label = "is both a source and target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" }