Metaphor:ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS

Name Gloss	ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS
Name Transcription
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Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Competitive sport Roles:competitors, sporting_event, competitor1, competitor2, prize, outcome, activity x-schema
Target Frame	Election Roles:voter, candidate1, candidate2, office, outcome, voting_event, institution, ballot, ballot_counting

Mappings:

candidate1	<=	competitor1

candidate2	<=	competitor2

office	<=	prize

outcome	<=	outcome

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	ELECTION IS A GAME
Description

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n3 [label="Voting" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Voting" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n1 -> n4 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Debating" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Debating" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="ELECTION IS A BOXING MATCH" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ELECTION_IS_A_BOXING_MATCH" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ELECTIONS_ARE_COMPETITIVE_SPORTS_EVENTS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="ELECTION IS A RACE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ELECTION_IS_A_RACE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

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

n2 -> n4 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Competitive sport" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Competitive_sport" 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" ]; }