Metaphor:LESS IS SMALL

Name Gloss	LESS IS SMALL
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Entailed
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Size Roles:entity, entity_size, size_scale, scalar_position
Target Frame	Quantity Roles:entity, entity_amount, quantity_scale, measure_of_quantity

Mappings:

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	LESS IS SMALL
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	QUANTITY IS SIZE
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	decreases in quantity
Source Inference	decreases in size
Type of Inferential Structure	aligned scales
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	She has very little money.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Ellen
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	The number of available parking spaces continues to shrink.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; }

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n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Increase size" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Increase_size" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n4 [label="Large geographic features" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Large_geographic_features" fontsize="10.0" ];

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" ];

n2 -> n5 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; }