Metaphor:NATION IS A BODY

Name Gloss	NATION IS A BODY
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Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Body Roles:body_whole, body_parts
Target Frame	Nation Roles:nation_whole, nation_geographic_area, nation_member_regions, nation_citizens, nation_leaders, national_government, state_of_nation, nation_infrastructure, basis_of_continued_existence

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Example Text:	Within a federalist framework the nation is a body in crisis threatened from within by one of its own. It is about to be dismembered.
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Provenance:	When Pain Strikes, By Bill Burns, Cathy Busby, Kim Sawchuk
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Comments:	accessed via: http://books.google.com/books?id=CNhujESm45oC&pg=PT119&lpg=PT119&dq=%22nation+is+a+body%22+-people&source=bl&ots=AF8O9y4QrX&sig=ibw01Wn_4LeTiIn4NQFgo_qubd4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_jc1UbyXDJLOyAHu_IGQAQ&ved=0CC0Q6AEwAA

Example Text:	Iowa is the heart of the nation, where everyone greets you with a smile and you wave at strangers!
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Provenance:	admissions.uiowa.edu/counselor/adam-parker
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n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Political region" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Political_region" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n3 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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n1 -> n2 [label = "is both a source and target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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

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

n2 -> n4 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }