Metaphor:LEADING A NATION IS DRIVING A VEHICLE

Name Gloss	LEADING A NATION IS DRIVING A VEHICLE
Name Transcription
Aliases	LEADING A NATION IS DRIVING A VEHICLE
Description
Metaphor Level	Specific
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Vehicular motion Roles:vehicle_driver, vehicle, motion_x-schema, vehicle_control_x-schema, speed, direction
Target Frame	State leadership Roles:

Mappings:

nation_whole	<=	vehicle

nation_citizens	<=	vehicle_passengers

nation_leaders	<=	vehicle_drivers

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	LEADING A NATION IS DRIVING A VEHICLE
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	NATION IS A VEHICLE
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	The president drove the nation into a ditch.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	Obama on GOP: 'They Drove The Country Into A Ditch...Now They Want The Keys Back'
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.newsmax.com/Manage/Videos/VideoGallery/Obama-on-GOP---They-Drove-The-Country-Into-A-Ditch/
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	Where was he when he drove our country off a cliff?
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130428/OPINION04/704289930
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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