Metaphor:STATUS IS VERTICALITY

Name Gloss	STATUS IS VERTICALITY
Name Transcription
Aliases	STATUS IS VERTICALITY (Metaphors We Live By) HIGH STATUS IS UP
Description
Metaphor Level	General
Metaphor Type	Primary
Experiential Basis	Status is correlated with social power and physical power is correlated with verticality.

Source Frame	Verticality Roles:vertical_axis, verticality_scale, scalar_position, vertical_entity
Target Frame	Status Roles:

Mappings:

Related Metaphors:

Current Metaphor	STATUS IS VERTICALITY
Relation Type	is in some target relation to
Related Metaphor	CONTROL IS VERTICALITY
Description	Target conflation?

Current Metaphor	STATUS IS VERTICALITY
Relation Type	makes use of
Related Metaphor	CHANGE OF STATE IS CHANGE OF LOCATION
Description	An increase or decrease of status is upwards or downwards movement.

Current Metaphor	STATUS IS VERTICALITY
Relation Type	makes use of
Related Metaphor	STATES ARE LOCATIONS
Description	Status is location on a vertical scale.

Entailments:

Target Entailment	An increase in status
Source Inference	Higher point(s) along a vertical scale
Type of Inferential Structure	Scalar
Entailed Metaphor(s)	HIGH STATUS IS UP

Target Entailment	A decrease in status
Source Inference	Lower point(s) along a vertical scale
Type of Inferential Structure	Scalar
Entailed Metaphor(s)	LOW STATUS IS DOWN

Examples:

Example Text:	He has a lofty position.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Metaphors We Live By (16)
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	She fell in status.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Metaphors We Live By (16)
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	He's a social climber.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Grady 1998:114
Annotation:
Comments:

Example Text:	I reached a plateau in my career some years back.
Transcription:
English Translation:
Provenance:	Grady 1998:114
Annotation:
Comments:

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Graph of related metaphors:

• Target frame
• Metaphors
• Source frame

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

n3 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; }

digraph meta4graph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="HIGH STATUS IS UP" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:HIGH_STATUS_IS_UP" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"]; n2 [label="STATUS IS VERTICALITY" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:STATUS_IS_VERTICALITY" 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="LOW STATUS IS DOWN" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:LOW_STATUS_IS_DOWN" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n3 -> n2 [label = "is an entailment of" fontsize="8.0" color="orange" ]; n4 [label="CONTROL IS VERTICALITY" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CONTROL_IS_VERTICALITY" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n4 [label = "is in some target relation to" fontsize="8.0" constraint=false color="dimgray" ]; n5 [label="CHANGE OF STATE IS CHANGE OF LOCATION" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:CHANGE_OF_STATE_IS_CHANGE_OF_LOCATION" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n5 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="STATES ARE LOCATIONS" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Metaphor:STATES_ARE_LOCATIONS" fontsize="10.0" shape="box"];

n2 -> n6 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; }

digraph meta4srcgrph { rankdir="BT" n1 [label="Downward motion" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Downward_motion" fontsize="10.0" ]; n2 [label="Verticality" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Verticality" fontsize="10.0" penwidth=2 style="filled" fillcolor="lightgray" ];

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

n3 -> n2 [label = "is subcase of" fontsize="8.0" color="magenta" ]; n4 [label="Upward motion" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Upward_motion" fontsize="10.0" ];

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

n5 -> n2 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n6 [label="Motion along a path" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Motion_along_a_path" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n6 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n7 [label="Trajector landmark" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Trajector_landmark" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n7 [label = "makes use of" fontsize="8.0" color="green" ]; n8 [label="Scale" URL="/pub/en/index.php/Frame:Scale" fontsize="10.0" ];

n2 -> n8 [label = "incorporates as a role" fontsize="8.0" ]; }