Metaphor:SOCIAL GROUP IS A FABRIC

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Name Gloss SOCIAL GROUP IS A FABRIC
Name Transcription
Aliases

SOCIAL GROUP IS A TEXTILE

Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type
Experiential Basis
Source Frame Textile
Roles:textile_whole, fibers, textile_creation_action, textile_creator
Target Frame Social group
Roles:social_group_whole, member, members, member_relation, defining_properties, group_decision_making


Mappings:

social_group_whole <= textile_whole
member_relation <= fibers

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor SOCIAL GROUP IS A FABRIC
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Relation Type
Related Metaphor [[Metaphor:|]]
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment the strength of social relations
Source Inference the strength of the fibers
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)
Target Entailment the strength/integrity of the social group as a whole depends on the strength/integrity of the relations between social members
Source Inference The strength/integrity of the textile as a whole is dependent on the strength/integrity of the individual fibers.
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)
Target Entailment processes that affect the strength of the social group
Source Inference processes that affect the strength of the fabric
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text: Cop scandals fray the social fabric.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: headline, philly.com, August 31, 1995. http://articles.philly.com/1995-08-31/news/25708713_1_fuhrman-tapes-drug-dealers-police-force. Accessed 12/3/12
Annotation:
Comments:
Example Text: Thus, we must reweave the torn fabric of rural American with thread strong enough to withstand the inevitable ravages of time.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance: From "Reweaving the Fabric of Rural America", by John Ikerd. http://web.missouri.edu/ikerdj/papers/PASA%20-%20Food%20is%20Common%20Thread.htm. Accessed 12/3/12
Annotation:
Comments:

Graph of related metaphors:

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Community" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Community" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Social group" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Social_group" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

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

n4 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Family" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Family" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

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

n7 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n8 [label="Society" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Society" fontsize="10.0" ];

n8 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n9 [label="Group" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Group" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n9 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" }

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

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

n1 -> n3 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

Entailmentthe strength of social relations (the strength of the fibers, ?, ?) +, the strength/integrity of the social group as a whole depends on the strength/integrity of the relations between social members (The strength/integrity of the textile as a whole is dependent on the strength/integrity of the individual fibers., ?, ?) + and processes that affect the strength of the social group (processes that affect the strength of the fabric, ?, ?) +
ExampleEnglish (Cop scandals fray the social fabric., ?, ?, headline, philly.com, August 31, 1995. http://articles.philly.com/1995-08-31/news/25708713_1_fuhrman-tapes-drug-dealers-police-force. Accessed 12/3/12, ?, ?, ?) + and English (Thus, we must reweave the torn fabric of rural American with thread strong enough to withstand the inevitable ravages of time., ?, ?, From "Reweaving the Fabric of Rural America", by John Ikerd. http://web.missouri.edu/ikerdj/papers/PASA%20-%20Food%20is%20Common%20Thread.htm. Accessed 12/3/12, ?, ?, ?) +
Has source frameFrame:Textile +
Has target frameFrame:Social group +
Mappingsocial_group_whole (textile_whole, ?) + and member_relation (fibers, ?) +
Metaphor.AliasSOCIAL GROUP IS A TEXTILE (?) +
Metaphor.Investigated forEnglish +
Metaphor.Source frameFrame:Textile +
Metaphor.Target frameFrame:Social group +
Has subobject
"Has subobject" is a predefined property representing a container construct that allows to accumulate property-value assignments similar to that of a normal wiki page.
Metaphor:SOCIAL GROUP IS A FABRIC#Is_example_of +