Metaphor:POVERTY IS A DISEASE

Name Gloss	POVERTY IS A DISEASE
Name Transcription
Aliases	POVERTY IS AN ILLNESS POVERTY IS A PHYSICAL AFFLICTION
Description	e.g. "epidemic of poverty"
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Disease Roles:disease, patient, symptom, body_part, infection_process, health_state
Target Frame	Poverty Roles:impoverished_entity, impoverished_state, cause_of_impoverished_state, degree of poverty, amount of resources

Mappings:

impoverished_entity	<=	patient

impoverished_state	<=	disease

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	POVERTY IS A DISEASE
Relation Type	is a target subcase of
Related Metaphor	SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE DISEASES
Description

Current Metaphor	POVERTY IS A DISEASE
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	POVERTY IS PHYSICAL HARM
Description

Entailments:

Examples:

Example Text:	The epidemic of poverty is spreading in America, and it's taking its toll on American families.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/news/2007/04/24/2923/the-poverty-epidemic-in-america-by-the-numbers/
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	As President Obama has said, we can't treat the symptoms of poverty in isolation.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/speeches_remarks_statements/2013/Speech_091713
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Addressing poverty" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Addressing_poverty" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Poverty" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Poverty" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

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

n4 -> n2 [label = "is in a scalar opposition to" fontsize="8.0" ]; n5 [label="Economic status" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Economic_status" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n2 -> n4 [label = "is in a scalar opposition to" fontsize="8.0" ]; n6 [label="Social problems" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Social_problems" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n2 -> n7 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="ADDRESSING POVERTY IS TREATING AN ILLNESS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ADDRESSING_POVERTY_IS_TREATING_AN_ILLNESS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="POVERTY IS A DISEASE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:POVERTY_IS_A_DISEASE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n3 [label="SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE DISEASES" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_ARE_DISEASES" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

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

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

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

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

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

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

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