Metaphor:SOCIETY IS A PERSON

Name Gloss	SOCIETY IS A PERSON
Name Transcription
Aliases	SOCIETY IS A PERSON (Metaphors We Live By)
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Person Roles:person, body, body_parts, actions, objectives
Target Frame	Society Roles:

Mappings:

Related Metaphors:

Entailments:

Target Entailment	societies experience problems functioning
Source Inference	people experience physical ailments
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS

Examples:

Example Text:	Our society is suffering from many social problems.
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="ECONOMY IS A BODY" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ECONOMY_IS_A_BODY" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="SOCIETY IS A PERSON" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIETY_IS_A_PERSON" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

n1 -> n2 [label = "is a target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="SOCIAL FUNCTIONING IS PHYSICAL HEALTH" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIAL_FUNCTIONING_IS_PHYSICAL_HEALTH" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is both a source and target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_ARE_PHYSICAL_AFFLICTIONS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; }

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

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

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

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n6 [label="Animate entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Animate_entity" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n2 -> n7 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n8 [label="Purposeful action" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Purposeful_action" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }