Metaphor:GOVERNMENT IS A BUSINESS
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Description | |
Metaphor Level | General |
Metaphor Type | Composed/complex |
Experiential Basis |
Source Frame | Business Roles:
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Target Frame | Government institution Roles:goverment_whole, responsibilities, functions, positions, position_duties, position_holders, authority_structure, sub-groups, position_relations, functional_status, rules, authority_base
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Related Metaphors:
Current Metaphor | GOVERNMENT IS A BUSINESS |
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Relation Type | is a target subcase of |
Related Metaphor | INSTITUTION IS A BUSINESS |
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Examples:
Example Text: | One of the worst-run businesses in the United States is also the largest business in the nation. The federal government is in financial disarray. It spends more than it makes and its investments are not based on sound financial principles.
The question often asked is should the U.S. government be run like a business? Should it abide by the same rules that all businesses in the United States must follow? |
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Provenance: | http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-smarter-mutual-fund-investor/2011/09/14/5-reasons-the-government-should-be-run-like-a-business |
Graph of related metaphors:
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n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Democratic institution" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Democratic_institution" fontsize="10.0" ];
n3 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="Government" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government" fontsize="10.0" ];
n4 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n5 [label="Government institution US" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Government_institution_US" fontsize="10.0" ];
n5 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Legislative branch" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Legislative_branch" fontsize="10.0" ];
n6 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n7 [label="Political region" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Political_region" fontsize="10.0" ];
n7 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n8 [label="Institution" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Institution" fontsize="10.0" ];
n2 -> n8 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ];
n2 -> n4 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }
digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="EFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IS A WELL-MANAGED BUSINESS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:EFFECTIVE_GOVERNMENT_IS_A_WELL-MANAGED_BUSINESS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="GOVERNMENT IS A BUSINESS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GOVERNMENT_IS_A_BUSINESS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];
n1 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n3 [label="INEFFECTIVE GOVERNMENT IS A POORLY-MANAGED BUSINESS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:INEFFECTIVE_GOVERNMENT_IS_A_POORLY-MANAGED_BUSINESS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n3 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n4 [label="INSTITUTION IS A BUSINESS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:INSTITUTION_IS_A_BUSINESS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n2 -> n4 [label = "is a target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }
digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Business" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Business" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="Finance" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Finance" fontsize="10.0" ];
n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Wealth" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Wealth" fontsize="10.0" ];
n1 -> n3 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }
Example | English (One of the worst-run businesses in the United States is also the largest business in the nation. The federal government is in financial disarray. It spends more than it makes and its investments are not based on sound financial principles. The question often asked is should the U.S. government be run like a business? Should it abide by the same rules that all businesses in the United States must follow?, ?, ?, http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/the-smarter-mutual-fund-investor/2011/09/14/5-reasons-the-government-should-be-run-like-a-business, ?, ?, ?) + |
Has source frame | Frame:Business + |
Has target frame | Frame:Government institution + |
Metaphor.Investigated for | English + |
Metaphor.Level | General + |
Metaphor.Source frame | Frame:Business + |
Metaphor.Target frame | Frame:Government institution + |
Metaphor.Type | Composed/complex + |
Related metaphor | is a target subcase of (INSTITUTION IS A BUSINESS, ?) + |
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:GOVERNMENT IS A BUSINESS#Is_example_of + |