Metaphor:CRIME IS AN ANIMAL

Name Gloss	CRIME IS AN ANIMAL
Name Transcription
Aliases	CRIME IS AN ANIMAL CRIME IS A BEAST (Thibodeau PH, Boroditsky L (2011) Metaphors We Think With: The Role of Metaphor in Reasoning. PLoS ONE 6(2))
Description
Metaphor Level	Specific
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Fierce animal Roles:dangerous_animal, dangerous_body_part, endangering_action, endangered_entity, endangering_effect
Target Frame	Crime Roles:criminal, criminal_activity, victim

Mappings:

crime	<=	dangerous_animal
crime itself is a beast, not the criminals

criminal_activity	<=	endangering_action

victim	<=	prey
add to source frame later

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	CRIME IS AN ANIMAL
Relation Type	is a mapping within
Related Metaphor	ADDRESSING CRIME IS CONTROLLING AN ANIMAL
Description

Current Metaphor	CRIME IS AN ANIMAL
Relation Type	is in some source relation to
Related Metaphor	CRIME IS A DISEASE
Description

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

Current Metaphor	CRIME IS AN ANIMAL
Relation Type	is both a source and target subcase of
Related Metaphor	SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE ANIMATE ENTITIES
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	Controlling crime
Source Inference	Caging an animal prevents it from destroying things
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	ADDRESSING CRIME IS CONTROLLING AN ANIMAL

Target Entailment	Crime is destructive
Source Inference	A wild animal ravages its prey
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	UNCONTROLLED CRIME IS A RAMPAGING ANIMAL

Examples:

Example Text:	Crime is a beast ravaging the city.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Thibodeau PH, Boroditsky L (2011) Metaphors We Think With
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Criminal gun violence" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Criminal_gun_violence" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Drugs" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Drugs" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Theft" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Theft" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n7 [label="Trespassing" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Trespassing" fontsize="10.0" ];

n7 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n8 [label="Harm to living entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Harm_to_living_entity" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n9 [label="Social problems" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Social_problems" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n9 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n10 [label="Legality" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Legality" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n10 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n11 [label="Immoral action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Immoral_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n11 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n3 [label="UNCONTROLLED CRIME IS A RAMPAGING ANIMAL" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:UNCONTROLLED_CRIME_IS_A_RAMPAGING_ANIMAL" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ];

n2 -> n1 [label = "is a mapping within" fontsize="8.0" color="brown" ]; n4 [label="CRIME IS A DISEASE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CRIME_IS_A_DISEASE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n4 [label = "is in some source relation to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n5 [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 -> n5 [label = "is both a source and target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE ANIMATE ENTITIES" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_ARE_ANIMATE_ENTITIES" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

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

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

n1 -> n3 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Part whole" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Part_whole" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n4 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n5 [label="Harm to living entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Harm_to_living_entity" fontsize="10.0" ];

n1 -> n5 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }