Metaphor mapping
Cycling categories
Commentary system
SOURCE DOMAIN
COMMENTARY MEDIATION
CYCLING DISCOURSE CATEGORIES
conceptual map
conflict energy
race reading
ethical suspension
WAR
SOURCE
DOMAIN
ATTACK / TRUCE
CYCLING IS
WAR
COMMENTARY
SYSTEM
COMPETITION
ATTACKS
STRATEGY
RAIDS / MARKS
POWER
FIREPOWER
TEAMWORK
SACRIFICE
SPORTSMANSHIP
TRUCE
metaphor turns race events into tactical narrative
viewer engagement + technical interpretation + symbolic drama
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orange = conflict energy
purple = discourse mapping
SYSTEM STATE
Metaphor mapping
SELECTED COMPONENT
Cycling is war commentary system
MODEL EMPHASIS
conceptual metaphor
cycling commentary
media discourse