Metaphor:INSTITUTION IS A MACHINE

Name Gloss	INSTITUTION IS A MACHINE
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level
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	Institution Roles:institution_whole, mission, functions, positions, position_holders, position_duties, institution_structure, rules, physical_assets, position_relations, functional_status, authority_structure, authority_base

Mappings:

institution_whole	<=	machine_entity

mission	<=	purpose

functional_status	<=	functional_status

functions	<=	operating_x-schema

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	INSTITUTION IS A MACHINE
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	INSTITUTION IS A COMPLEX PHYSICAL OBJECT
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	More especially, the analogy mentioned between institutions and machines must not be interpreted as proposing the theory that institutions are machines—in some essentialist sense.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	google books
Annotation:	Karl Popper, The Open Society and Its Enemies
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

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

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

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

n6 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n7 [label="Organization" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Organization" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n7 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="GOVERNMENT INSTITUTION IS A MACHINE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GOVERNMENT_INSTITUTION_IS_A_MACHINE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="INSTITUTION IS A MACHINE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:INSTITUTION_IS_A_MACHINE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

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

n2 -> n4 [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" ]; }