Metaphor:SOCIETY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE
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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 | Society Roles:
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Related Metaphors:
Current Metaphor | SOCIETY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE |
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Relation Type | is both a source and target subcase of |
Related Metaphor | ORGANIZATION IS PHYSICAL STRUCTURE |
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Examples:
Example Text: | Functionalism interprets each part of society in terms of how it contributes to the stability of the whole society. Society is more than the sum of its parts; rather, ... |
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Provenance: | Functionalist Theory sociology.about.com › Education › Sociology › Sociological Theory |
Graph of related metaphors:
digraph meta4tggrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Society" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Society" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="Social group" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Social_group" fontsize="10.0" ];
n1 -> n2 [label = "is related to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; }
digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="SOCIETY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:SOCIETY_IS_A_COMPLEX_STRUCTURE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ]; n2 [label="ORGANIZATION IS PHYSICAL STRUCTURE" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:ORGANIZATION_IS_PHYSICAL_STRUCTURE" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];
n1 -> n2 [label = "is both a source and target 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" ]; }
Example | English (Functionalism interprets each part of society in terms of how it contributes to the stability of the whole society. Society is more than the sum of its parts, rather, ..., ?, ?, Functionalist Theory sociology.about.com › Education › Sociology › Sociological Theory, ?, ?) + |
Has source frame | Frame:Complex physical object + |
Has target frame | Frame:Society + |
Metaphor.Investigated for | English + |
Metaphor.Level | General + |
Metaphor.Source frame | Frame:Complex physical object + |
Metaphor.Target frame | Frame:Society + |
Metaphor.Type | Composed/complex + |
Related metaphor | is both a source and target subcase of (ORGANIZATION IS PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, ?) + |
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:SOCIETY IS A COMPLEX STRUCTURE#Is_example_of + |