Metaphor:ECONOMY IS A MACHINE

Name Gloss	ECONOMY IS A MACHINE
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Machine Roles:machine_entity, purpose, functional_status, operator_of_machine, operating_x-schema, parts, power_source
Target Frame	Economy Roles:economic_activity, activity_level, economic_region, sector, market_type

Mappings:

economy_whole	<=	machine_entity

economic_efficiency	<=	functional_status

purpose_of_economy	<=	purpose_of_machine

economy_participants	<=	machine_users

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	ECONOMY IS A MACHINE
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	ECONOMY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	With The Economy Humming, Will Manufacturing Software Help Manufacturers Stay In Tune?
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.softwareerp.com/with-the-economy-humming-will-manufacturing-software-help-manufacturers-stay-in-tune/#ixzz2WRmxMXkK
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	"Although we have a long way to go before we can put this recession behind us, the gears of our economic engine do appear ... to be slowly turning once again,"
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/23160-jesus-is-an-economic-engine-dismantling-the-metaphoric-mechanization-of-everything
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="ECONOMY IS A MACHINE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ECONOMY_IS_A_MACHINE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="ECONOMY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ECONOMY_IS_A_COMPLEX_STRUCTURE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

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

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

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

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

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

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

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