Metaphor:SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS

Name Gloss	SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS
Name Transcription
Aliases
Description	e.g., "Poverty is a cancer" This may need to have the examples taken out and put in the POVERTY-specific metaphor.
Metaphor Level	Specific
Metaphor Type	Composed/complex
Experiential Basis

Source Frame	Physical affliction Roles:affliction, patient, symptoms, affected_area
Target Frame	Social problems Roles:social_problem, society, result_of_problem, problem_cause, severity_of_problem

Mappings:

society	<=	patient

social_problem	<=	affliction

result_of_problem	<=	symptoms

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	SOCIETY IS A PERSON
Description	societies have social problems and people have physical problems

Current Metaphor	SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS
Relation Type	is an entailment of
Related Metaphor	SOCIAL FUNCTIONING IS PHYSICAL HEALTH
Description	a properly functioning society is a properly functioning person

Current Metaphor	SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS
Relation Type	makes use of
Related Metaphor	NEGATIVELY EVALUATED CONDITIONS ARE HARMFUL AGENTS
Description

Entailments:

Target Entailment	analyzing the cause, scope, etc of the social problem
Source Inference	diagnosing the physical affliction
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS DIAGNOSIS OF AFFLICTION

Target Entailment	addressing a social problem should improve society's function
Source Inference	treating an illness should improve physical health
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS TREATING A PHYSICAL AFFLICTION

Target Entailment	eliminating social problem restores social functioning
Source Inference	curing affliction restores person to health
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	ELIMINATING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS SUCCESSFULLY TREATING A PHYSICAL AFFLICTION

Target Entailment	extent of social problem
Source Inference	extent of affliction
Type of Inferential Structure
Entailed Metaphor(s)	EXTENT OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS EXTENT OF AFFLICTION

Examples:

Example Text:	A cure for social ills? Prevention
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020149201_jerrycolumn17xml.html
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	UW researcher is a leader in showing how prevention techniques can pay off in curing social problems.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2020149201_jerrycolumn17xml.html
Annotation:
Comments:

---

Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Addressing social problems" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Addressing_social_problems" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Social problems" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Social_problems" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

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

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Injurious gun use" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Injurious_gun_use" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n7 [label="Poverty" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Poverty" fontsize="10.0" ];

n7 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n8 [label="Unemployment" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Unemployment" fontsize="10.0" ];

n8 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n9 [label="Negatively evaluated condition" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Negatively_evaluated_condition" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n9 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n10 [label="Problem" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Problem" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n10 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="ADDRESSING SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS TREATING A PHYSICAL AFFLICTION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ADDRESSING_SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_IS_TREATING_A_PHYSICAL_AFFLICTION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE PHYSICAL AFFLICTIONS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_ARE_PHYSICAL_AFFLICTIONS" 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="ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS DIAGNOSIS OF AFFLICTION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ANALYSIS_OF_SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_IS_DIAGNOSIS_OF_AFFLICTION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n4 [label="EXTENT OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS IS EXTENT OF AFFLICTION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:EXTENT_OF_SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_IS_EXTENT_OF_AFFLICTION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n5 [label="GUN VIOLENCE IS A PHYSICAL AFFLICTION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:GUN_VIOLENCE_IS_A_PHYSICAL_AFFLICTION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n5 -> n2 [label = "is a target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="IMPEDIMENTS TO IMPROVING ECONOMIC STATUS IS EXPERIENCING A PHYSICAL AFFLICTION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:IMPEDIMENTS_TO_IMPROVING_ECONOMIC_STATUS_IS_EXPERIENCING_A_PHYSICAL_AFFLICTION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n6 -> n2 [label = "is both a source and target subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n7 [label="SOCIAL PROBLEMS ARE DISEASES" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIAL_PROBLEMS_ARE_DISEASES" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n7 -> n2 [label = "is a source subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n8 [label="SOCIETY IS A PERSON" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIETY_IS_A_PERSON" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n8 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n9 [label="SOCIAL FUNCTIONING IS PHYSICAL HEALTH" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIAL_FUNCTIONING_IS_PHYSICAL_HEALTH" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n9 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n10 [label="NEGATIVELY EVALUATED CONDITIONS ARE HARMFUL AGENTS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:NEGATIVELY_EVALUATED_CONDITIONS_ARE_HARMFUL_AGENTS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n10 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

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

n1 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n3 [label="Diagnosis of affliction" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Diagnosis_of_affliction" fontsize="10.0" ];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is a subprocess of" fontsize="8.0" ]; n4 [label="Disease" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Disease" fontsize="10.0" ];

n4 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n5 [label="Drugs" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Drugs" fontsize="10.0" ];

n5 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n6 [label="Treating a physical affliction" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Treating_a_physical_affliction" fontsize="10.0" ];

n6 -> n2 [label = "is in causal relation with" fontsize="8.0" ]; n7 [label="Harm to living entity" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Harm_to_living_entity" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n7 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n8 [label="Experience pain" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Experience_pain" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }