Metaphor:MONEY IS A LIQUID

Name Gloss	MONEY IS A LIQUID
Name Transcription
Aliases	CASH IS A LIQUID (Master Metaphor List (Lakoff, Espenson & Schwartz 1991),183)
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Liquid Roles:liquid
Target Frame	Money Roles:money, amount

Mappings:

money	<=	liquid

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	MONEY IS A LIQUID
Relation Type	is a target subcase of
Related Metaphor	RESOURCE IS A LIQUID
Description

Current Metaphor	MONEY IS A LIQUID
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	MONEY IS A SUBSTANCE
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	loss of money
Source Inference	draining or leaking of liquid
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	state of having no money
Source Inference	state of being dry
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	transferring money
Source Inference	flow of liquid
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	MONEY TRANSFER IS FLUID MOTION

Target Entailment	wasting money
Source Inference	allowing liquid to drain or leak
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	The money is all dried up.
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Example Text:	Liquid assets.
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Example Text:	Currency
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Example Text:	He's just sponging off of you.
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n3 [label="Payment" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Payment" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n2 -> n4 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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n2 -> n3 [label = "is a target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="MONEY IS A SUBSTANCE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:MONEY_IS_A_SUBSTANCE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n4 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Absorption" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Absorption" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Liquid" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Liquid" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n3 [label="Blood flow" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Blood_flow" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

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

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

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

n7 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n8 [label="Substance" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Substance" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }