Metaphor:IMPORTANCE IS SIZE

Name Gloss	IMPORTANCE IS SIZE
Name Transcription
Aliases	IMPORTANCE IS SIZE (Oana)
Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Size Roles:entity, entity_size, size_scale, scalar_position
Target Frame	Importance Roles:

Mappings:

entity_evaluated_for_importance	<=	entity

degree_of_importance	<=	scalar_position

importance_scale	<=	size_scale

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	IMPORTANCE IS SIZE
Relation Type	is related to
Related Metaphor	QUANTITY IS SIZE
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	Being important or significant
Source Inference	Having a large size
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	Being unimportant or insignificant
Source Inference	Having a small size
Type of Inferential Structure	scalar
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	A big part of this mission was not to contaminate the planet with Earth organisms.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Coca
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	Texaco is a relatively small player in the California gasoline market but a bigger factor in the Eastern states that want to follow California's lead.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Coca
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n4 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n5 [label="Object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Object" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n6 [label="Trajector landmark" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Trajector_landmark" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n7 [label="Scale" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Scale" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n7 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ];

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