Metaphor:ELECTION IS A GAME

Name Gloss	ELECTION IS A GAME
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Metaphor Level	Specific
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Game Roles:game_event, game player1, game player2, prize, outcome, playing x-schema
Target Frame	Election Roles:voter, candidate1, candidate2, office, outcome, voting_event, institution, ballot, ballot_counting

Mappings:

candidate1	<=	game player1

candidate2	<=	game player2

outcome	<=	outcome

voting_event	<=	game_event

office	<=	prize

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Example Text:	Too often it is post mortem head scratching, as if democratic strategists do not realize every candidate is a pawn on the national. chessboard
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• 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="ELECTIONS ARE COMPETITIVE SPORTS EVENTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ELECTIONS_ARE_COMPETITIVE_SPORTS_EVENTS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="ELECTION IS A GAME" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ELECTION_IS_A_GAME" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

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

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

n2 -> n3 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }