Metaphor:MEANS ARE PATHS

Name Gloss	MEANS ARE PATHS
Name Transcription
Aliases	MEANS ARE PATHS (Philosophy in the Flesh,191)
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary, Entailed
Experiential Basis	The correlation between goal-oriented decision-making and confronting alternative paths.

Source Frame	Self propelled motion to a destination Roles:self-mover, self-motion_x-schema, source, path, goal
Target Frame	Purposeful action Roles:actor, action_x-schema, objective, action_type, effector, effort

Mappings:

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	MEANS ARE PATHS
Relation Type	is a mapping within
Related Metaphor	ACHIEVING A PURPOSE IS REACHING A DESTINATION
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	there are different means one can use to achieve a purpose
Source Inference	there are different paths one can take to reach a different destination
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	DIFFERENT MEANS OF ACHIEVING A PURPOSE ARE DIFFERENT PATHS TO A DESTINATION

Examples:

Example Text:	Do it this way.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Philosophy in the Flesh (191)
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	However you want to go about it is fine with me
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Philosophy in the Flesh (191)
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Governing action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Governing_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

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n7 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n8 [label="Instrument" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Instrument" fontsize="10.0" ];

n8 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n9 [label="Person" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Person" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n10 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n11 [label="Self-initiated state change" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Self-initiated_state_change" fontsize="10.0" ];

n11 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n12 [label="Work scenario" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Work_scenario" fontsize="10.0" ];

n12 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n13 [label="Action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Action" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n13 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n14 [label="Desiring" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Desiring" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n14 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

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n5 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ];

n2 -> n1 [label = "is a mapping within" fontsize="8.0" color="brown" ]; }

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n2 -> n5 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }