Metaphor:NATION IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE

Name Gloss	NATION IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
Name Transcription
Aliases	NATION IS A COMPLEX PHYSICAL OBJECT
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Complex physical object Roles:object_whole, object_parts, object_part_relations, object_size, object_shape, object_location, object_weight
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	<=	object_whole

nation_traits	<=	object_parts

nation_geographic_area	<=	object_location

Related Metaphors:

Entailments:

Target Entailment	Putting together a nation
Source Inference	Putting together an object
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Target Entailment	Taking apart a nation
Source Inference	Taking apart an object
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	"Are They Parts of Our Nation? Tanzanian and Zambian University Students’ Attitude to the European and South Asian Minorities Compared"
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Paper at Amer. Anthro. Assoc 2011
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://barackobama.tumblr.com/post/16453268087/no-one-built-this-country-on-their-own-this
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="State leadership" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:State_leadership" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Nation" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Nation" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="NATION IS A BUILDING" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NATION_IS_A_BUILDING" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="NATION IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NATION_IS_A_COMPLEX_STRUCTURE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="NATION IS A MACHINE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NATION_IS_A_MACHINE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

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

n4 -> n2 [label = "is in some source relation to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n5 [label="NATION IS A VEHICLE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NATION_IS_A_VEHICLE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

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

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Biological entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Biological_entity" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Complex physical object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Complex_physical_object" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Condition of physical object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Condition_of_physical_object" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n4 [label="Firmness" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Firmness" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n5 [label="Personal weapon" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Personal_weapon" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Physical structure" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Physical_structure" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n7 [label="Stability" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Stability" fontsize="10.0" ];

n7 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n8 [label="Object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Object" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n9 [label="Part whole" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Part_whole" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n9 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }