Metaphor:VOTING IS SPEAKING

Name Gloss	VOTING IS SPEAKING
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description
Metaphor Level
Metaphor Type
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Speaking Roles:speaker, addressee, message, topic, manner, speaking_x-schema
Target Frame	Voting Roles:voter, voting_event, proposed_decision, outcome, voter_actions, voting_process, proposed_decision_initial_status, proposed_decision_transition, proposed_decision_final_status, debate, proposed_decision_status_change, proposal, approval_standards, proposer

Mappings:

voter	<=	speaker

Related Metaphors:

Entailments:

Target Entailment	not being able to vote
Source Inference	not being able to speak
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)

Examples:

Example Text:	The voters of Dillon have clearly spoken.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.dillontribune.com/node/18300
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

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

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

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

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" }

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

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

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

n2 -> n4 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }