Metaphor:ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS WAGING WAR

Name Gloss	ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS WAGING WAR
Name Transcription
Aliases	ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS WAGING WAR
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	War Roles:battlefield, enemy_attack, generals, army, enemy_combatants, weapons, war_strategies, civilians, victory, enemy_conquest, fighting, side1, side2
Target Frame	Addressing social problems Roles:social_problem, society, problem_solvers, solving_actions, authorities, public_officials, immoral_citizens, honest_citizens, social_programs, extent_of_problem

Mappings:

society	<=	battlefield

social_problem	<=	enemy_attack

authorities	<=	generals

public_officials	<=	army

immoral_citizens	<=	enemy_combatants

police_weapons	<=	weapons

social_programs	<=	war_strategies

honest_citizens	<=	civilians

solving_problem	<=	victory

spread_of_problem	<=	enemy_conquest

power_to_solve_problems	<=	power_of_weapons

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS WAGING WAR
Relation Type	has as transitive subpart 1
Related Metaphor	DISEASE TREATMENT IS WAR
Description

Current Metaphor	ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS WAGING WAR
Relation Type	has as transitive subpart 2
Related Metaphor	SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE DISEASES
Description

Current Metaphor	ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS WAGING WAR
Relation Type	is both a source and target subcase of
Related Metaphor	NEGATIVELY EVALUATED CONDITIONS ARE HARMFUL AGENTS
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	attempts to address social problems can have different outcomes: the problem may be eliminated, stay the same, or get worse.
Source Inference
Type of Inferential Structure	wars can have different outcomes: a particular side may win, draw, or lose.
Entailed Metaphor(s)	SUCESSFULLY ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS WINNING A WAR

Examples:

Example Text:	The most powerful weapon in the war against obesity might be something we all understand: cold, hard cash.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmaris/2012/05/07/cash-as-weapon-in-the-war-against-obesity/
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	How America's losing the war on poverty
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://www.npr.org/2012/08/04/158141728/how-americas-losing-the-war-on-poverty
Annotation:
Comments:	entailment of general metaphor: inability to address social problems is losing the war

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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n2 -> n6 [label = "is both a source and target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

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