Metaphor:NATION IS A BUILDING

Name Gloss	NATION IS A BUILDING
Name Transcription
Aliases	NATION IS A BUILDING
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Building Roles:building_whole, building_framework, building_foundation, building_verticality, building_integrity, change_in_integrity, function, building_parts, builder, building_stability, foundation_material, foundation_composition, functional_status
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

Mappings:

nation_whole	<=	building_whole

nation_citizens	<=	building_inhabitants

state_of_nation	<=	building_integrity

nation_infrastructure	<=	building_framework

basis_of_continued_existence	<=	building_foundation

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	NATION IS A BUILDING
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	NATION IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	Creating a nation.
Source Inference	Building a building.
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	Destroying a nation.
Source Inference	Demolishing a building.
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	Fixing the problems of a nation.
Source Inference	Fixing the structural problems of a building.
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	“This is a time to build a nation, brick by brick, pillar by pillar, not a time to tear down our brothers and sisters or pillage their property,”
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.stluciamirroronline.org/?p=2282
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	They represent the brick and mortar of our nation's developing infrastructure.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://kyrstensinema.com/press-releases/sinema-earns-endorsement-of-arizona-building-trades-council/
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	"Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed."
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/a/adriancron396239.html
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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