Metaphor:GOVERNMENT IS A CHILDCARE PROVIDER

Name Gloss	GOVERNMENT IS A CHILDCARE PROVIDER
Name Transcription
Aliases	GOVERNMENT IS A NANNY
Description
Metaphor Level	Specific
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Child care Roles:
Target Frame	Government Roles:governor, jurisdiction_region, governed, governed_activity, governing_powers, source_of_powers, governing_actions, constraints_on_governing_actions, legitimacy, governor_objectives

Mappings:

governor	<=	childcare_provider

governed	<=	child(ren)

governing_actions	<=	childcare_duties

governor_objectives	<=	childcare_objectives

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	GOVERNMENT IS A CHILDCARE PROVIDER
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	GOVERNMENT IS A PERSON
Description

Current Metaphor	GOVERNMENT IS A CHILDCARE PROVIDER
Relation Type	is related to
Related Metaphor	GOVERNMENT IS A PARENT
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	Government has control over what the citizens can or cannot do
Source Inference	Childcare provider has control over what the children can or cannot do
Type of Inferential Structure	control
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	Government's responsibility is to ensure the health, safety and well-being of the citizens
Source Inference	Childcare provider's duties are to ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children.
Type of Inferential Structure	responsibility
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	The citizens are not capable of taking care of themselves without the help of the government
Source Inference	Children are not capable of taking care of themselves without the help of a childcare provider.
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	I believe in personal responsibility and the government shouldn't be a babysitter but I also believe in compassion for less advantageous people.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Comment on gothamist.com. http://gothamist.com/2004/09/01/republican_notes_day_2_notes.php. accessed 12/4/12.
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	Can I decide what size soda I want to drink? No, that’s the nanny state’s job.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	article: "The Nanny State Comes to Stuyvesant" by David Cahn, 10/13/12. http://stuyspectator.com/2012/10/03/the-nanny-state-comes-to-stuyvesant/ Accessed 12/4/12
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

n2 -> n10 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ];

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n2 -> n11 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n12 [label="Organization" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Organization" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n12 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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