Metaphor:NATION IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
Aliases | NATION IS A COMPLEX PHYSICAL OBJECT |
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Description | |
Metaphor Level | General |
Metaphor Type | Composed/complex |
Experiential Basis |
Source Frame | Complex physical object Roles:object_whole, object_parts, object_part_relations, object_size, object_shape, object_location, object_weight
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Target Frame | Nation Roles:nation_whole, nation_geographic_area, nation_member_regions, nation_citizens, nation_leaders, national_government, state_of_nation, nation_infrastructure, basis_of_continued_existence
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Mappings:
nation_whole | <= | object_whole |
nation_traits | <= | object_parts |
nation_geographic_area | <= | object_location |
Related Metaphors:
Entailments:
Target Entailment | Putting together a nation |
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Source Inference | Putting together an object |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) |
Target Entailment | Taking apart a nation |
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Source Inference | Taking apart an object |
Type of Inferential Structure | |
Entailed Metaphor(s) |
Examples:
Example Text: | "Are They Parts of Our Nation? Tanzanian and Zambian University Students’ Attitude to the European and South Asian Minorities Compared" |
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Provenance: | Paper at Amer. Anthro. Assoc 2011 |
Example Text: | No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together. |
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Provenance: | http://barackobama.tumblr.com/post/16453268087/no-one-built-this-country-on-their-own-this |
Graph of related metaphors:
digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="State leadership" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:State_leadership" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Nation" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Nation" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];
n1 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n3 [label="Political region" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Political_region" fontsize="10.0" ];
n2 -> n3 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }
digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="NATION IS A BUILDING" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NATION_IS_A_BUILDING" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="NATION IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NATION_IS_A_COMPLEX_STRUCTURE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];
n1 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="NATION IS A MACHINE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NATION_IS_A_MACHINE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n3 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="NATION IS A SYSTEM" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NATION_IS_A_SYSTEM" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n4 -> n2 [label = "is in some source relation to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n5 [label="NATION IS A VEHICLE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NATION_IS_A_VEHICLE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n5 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }
digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Biological entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Biological_entity" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Complex physical object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Complex_physical_object" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];
n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Condition of physical object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Condition_of_physical_object" fontsize="10.0" ];
n3 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n4 [label="Firmness" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Firmness" fontsize="10.0" ];
n4 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n5 [label="Personal weapon" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Personal_weapon" fontsize="10.0" ];
n5 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Physical structure" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Physical_structure" fontsize="10.0" ];
n6 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n7 [label="Stability" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Stability" fontsize="10.0" ];
n7 -> n2 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; n8 [label="Object" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Object" fontsize="10.0" ];
n2 -> n8 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n9 [label="Part whole" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Part_whole" fontsize="10.0" ];
n2 -> n9 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }
Entailment | Putting together a nation (Putting together an object, ?, ?) + and Taking apart a nation (Taking apart an object, ?, ?) + |
Example | English ("Are They Parts of Our Nation? Tanzanian and Zambian University Students’ Attitude to the European and South Asian Minorities Compared", ?, ?, Paper at Amer. Anthro. Assoc 2011, ?, ?, ?) + and English (No one built this country on their own. This nation is great because we built it together., ?, ?, http://barackobama.tumblr.com/post/16453268087/no-one-built-this-country-on-their-own-this, ?, ?, ?) + |
Has source frame | Frame:Complex physical object + |
Has target frame | Frame:Nation + |
Mapping | nation_whole (object_whole, ?) +, nation_traits (object_parts, ?) + and nation_geographic_area (object_location, ?) + |
Metaphor.Alias | NATION IS A COMPLEX PHYSICAL OBJECT (?) + |
Metaphor.Investigated for | English + |
Metaphor.Level | General + |
Metaphor.Source frame | Frame:Complex physical object + |
Metaphor.Target frame | Frame:Nation + |
Metaphor.Type | Composed/complex + |
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:NATION IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE#Is_example_of + |