Metaphor:CORRUPTION IS EROSION

Name Gloss	CORRUPTION IS EROSION
Name Transcription
Aliases	CORRUPTION IS EROSION (Elise and Oana)
Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Erosion Roles:eroded_entity, erosion_process, eroding_effect, eroding_outcome, erosion_cause
Target Frame	Corruption Roles:corrupt_actor, corrupt_activities, harmed_entity, corruption_affectee, corruption_effect

Mappings:

corrupt_activities	<=	eroding_process
x-schema: progressive, slow, ongoing

corruption_affectee	<=	eroded_entity

corrupting_effect	<=	eroding_effect

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	CORRUPTION IS EROSION
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	CORRUPTION IS A DESTRUCTIVE NATURAL PROCESS
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	Corrupt activities while they may not have immediately perceptible effect can yield large scale harmful effects over long period of time
Source Inference	The process of erosion while imperceptible on a small time scale can cause large scale destructive effects on an entity over a long period of time.
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	Corruption is eroding the public trust in government.
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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