Metaphor:NATION IS A FAMILY

Name Gloss	NATION IS A FAMILY
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Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Family Roles:family_members, family_member_relations, family_whole
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	<=	family_whole

citizens	<=	family_members

nation_leaders	<=	parents

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Example Text:	Our national arguments are family arguments, we still talk to each other at the end of the day.
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Graph of related metaphors:

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• 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" }

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

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

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

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

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