Metaphor:THEORIES ARE BUILDINGS

Name Gloss	THEORIES ARE BUILDINGS
Name Transcription
Aliases	THEORIES ARE BUILDINGS (Metaphors We Live By)
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Building Roles:building_whole, building_framework, building_foundation, building_verticality, building_integrity, change_in_integrity, function, building_parts, builder, building_stability, foundation_material, foundation_composition, functional_status
Target Frame	Theory Roles:

Mappings:

theoretical_domain	<=	building_whole

theoretical_arguments	<=	building_parts

theory_supporting_evidence	<=	building_foundation

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	THEORIES ARE BUILDINGS
Relation Type	is a source subcase of
Related Metaphor	THEORIES ARE COMPLEX STRUCTURES
Description

Current Metaphor	THEORIES ARE BUILDINGS
Relation Type	is both a source and target subcase of
Related Metaphor	IDEAS ARE OBJECTS
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	Arguing against assumptions of theories
Source Inference	Attacking foundation of a building
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	ARGUING WITH THEORETIC ASSUMPTIONS IS ATTACKING FOUNDATION OF A BUILDING

Examples:

Example Text:	Opponents tried to dismantle the theory piece by piece.
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Example Text:	This theory has a solid foundation.
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Example Text:	The theoretical framework needs to be filled in with empirical data.
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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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