Diachronic Analysis: lincoln

Generated: 2026-06-27T02:50:50

Status: provisional; based on reviewed case-local MIPVU evidence and CMT mapping records.

Timeline

document_date period mapping_id cluster_id conceptual_metaphor rhetorical_salience
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-001 lincoln-05-fathers-inheritance HISTORY IS DEBT ACCOUNTING high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-002 lincoln-05-fathers-inheritance HISTORY IS THEATER STAGE high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-003 lincoln-01-body-organism GOVERNMENT IS ARCHITECTURE BUILDING high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-004 lincoln-01-body-organism ENEMY IS BODY high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-005 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS NATURE ORGANISM medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-006 lincoln-01-body-organism NATION IS BIRTH GENERATION medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-007 lincoln-01-body-organism NATION IS NATURE ORGANISM high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-008 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL IDENTITY IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-009 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS NATURE ORGANISM medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-010 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS NATURE ORGANISM medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-011 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS OBJECT MATERIAL high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-012 lincoln-08-sacrificial-death-gift POLITICAL ORDER IS SACRIFICE high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-013 lincoln-08-sacrificial-death-gift WAR DEATH IS THEATER STAGE medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-014 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS BODY high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-015 lincoln-01-body-organism GOVERNMENT IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-016 lincoln-08-sacrificial-death-gift CITIZENSHIP IS SACRIFICE high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-017 lincoln-01-body-organism NATION IS NATURE ORGANISM medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-018 lincoln-08-sacrificial-death-gift CITIZENSHIP IS SACRIFICE high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-019 lincoln-08-sacrificial-death-gift CITIZENSHIP IS SACRIFICE medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-020 lincoln-02-covenant-oath LAW IS RELIGION PROVIDENCE medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-021 lincoln-02-covenant-oath LAW IS RELIGION PROVIDENCE high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-022 lincoln-01-body-organism GOVERNMENT IS ARCHITECTURE BUILDING high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-023 lincoln-03-experiment-proposition REPUBLIC IS EXPERIMENT SCIENCE medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-024 lincoln-03-experiment-proposition REPUBLIC IS EXPERIMENT SCIENCE medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-025 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS OBJECT MATERIAL medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-026 lincoln-05-fathers-inheritance HISTORY IS LIFE DEATH medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-027 lincoln-05-fathers-inheritance HISTORY IS LIFE DEATH medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-028 lincoln-03-experiment-proposition REPUBLIC IS EXPERIMENT SCIENCE medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-029 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS NATURE ORGANISM high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-030 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS NATURE ORGANISM high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-031 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS NATURE ORGANISM high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-032 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS NATURE ORGANISM medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-033 lincoln-01-body-organism GOVERNMENT IS ARCHITECTURE BUILDING high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-034 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-035 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-036 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-037 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-038 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-039 lincoln-01-body-organism POLITICAL ORDER IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-040 lincoln-01-body-organism GOVERNMENT IS ARCHITECTURE BUILDING high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-041 lincoln-01-body-organism HISTORY IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-042 lincoln-05-fathers-inheritance HISTORY IS LIFE DEATH medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-043 lincoln-01-body-organism HISTORY IS BODY high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-044 lincoln-05-fathers-inheritance HISTORY IS WAR COMBAT high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-045 lincoln-01-body-organism HISTORY IS NATURE ORGANISM high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-046 lincoln-01-body-organism FREEDOM IS ARCHITECTURE BUILDING high
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-047 lincoln-01-body-organism CITIZENSHIP IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-048 lincoln-01-body-organism CITIZENSHIP IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-049 lincoln-01-body-organism CITIZENSHIP IS BODY medium
1838-01-27 early-republican-rhetoric lincoln-cmt-050 lincoln-01-body-organism FREEDOM IS ARCHITECTURE BUILDING high
1863-11-19 emancipation-and-sacrifice lincoln-cmt-051 lincoln-01-body-organism NATION IS BIRTH GENERATION high
1863-11-19 emancipation-and-sacrifice lincoln-cmt-052 lincoln-01-body-organism NATION IS NATURE ORGANISM medium
1863-11-19 emancipation-and-sacrifice lincoln-cmt-053 lincoln-01-body-organism WAR DEATH IS BODY high
1863-11-19 emancipation-and-sacrifice lincoln-cmt-054 lincoln-01-body-organism HISTORY IS BODY high
1863-11-19 emancipation-and-sacrifice lincoln-cmt-055 lincoln-06-providence-theodicy CITIZENSHIP IS RELIGION PROVIDENCE high
1865-03-04 providence-and-reconciliation lincoln-cmt-056 lincoln-01-body-organism CIVIL WAR IS WAR COMBAT medium
1865-03-04 providence-and-reconciliation lincoln-cmt-057 lincoln-02-covenant-oath UNION IS OBJECT MATERIAL high
1865-03-04 providence-and-reconciliation lincoln-cmt-058 lincoln-01-body-organism NATION IS NATURE ORGANISM high
1865-03-04 providence-and-reconciliation lincoln-cmt-059 lincoln-02-covenant-oath UNION IS OBJECT MATERIAL high
1865-03-04 providence-and-reconciliation lincoln-cmt-060 lincoln-01-body-organism SLAVERY IS BODY high
1865-03-04 providence-and-reconciliation lincoln-cmt-061 lincoln-06-providence-theodicy SLAVERY IS RELIGION PROVIDENCE medium
1865-03-04 providence-and-reconciliation lincoln-cmt-062 lincoln-01-body-organism WAR DEATH IS BODY high
1865-03-04 providence-and-reconciliation lincoln-cmt-063 lincoln-07-absence-black-agency SLAVERY IS DEBT ACCOUNTING medium
1865-03-04 providence-and-reconciliation lincoln-cmt-064 lincoln-01-body-organism NATION IS BODY high

Change Notes

  • lincoln-01-body-organism appears in 43 mapping(s) across 3 document(s) dated 1838-01-27, 1863-11-19, 1865-03-04 and period(s) early-republican-rhetoric, emancipation-and-sacrifice, providence-and-reconciliation. Current classification: recurring across periods; 22 high-salience mapping(s). Representative metaphor(s): CITIZENSHIP IS BODY, CIVIL WAR IS WAR COMBAT, ENEMY IS BODY.
  • lincoln-05-fathers-inheritance appears in 6 mapping(s) across 1 document(s) dated 1838-01-27 and period(s) early-republican-rhetoric. Current classification: localized in current evidence; 3 high-salience mapping(s). Representative metaphor(s): HISTORY IS DEBT ACCOUNTING, HISTORY IS LIFE DEATH, HISTORY IS THEATER STAGE.
  • lincoln-08-sacrificial-death-gift appears in 5 mapping(s) across 1 document(s) dated 1838-01-27 and period(s) early-republican-rhetoric. Current classification: localized in current evidence; 3 high-salience mapping(s). Representative metaphor(s): CITIZENSHIP IS SACRIFICE, POLITICAL ORDER IS SACRIFICE, WAR DEATH IS THEATER STAGE.
  • lincoln-02-covenant-oath appears in 4 mapping(s) across 2 document(s) dated 1838-01-27, 1865-03-04 and period(s) early-republican-rhetoric, providence-and-reconciliation. Current classification: recurring across periods; 3 high-salience mapping(s). Representative metaphor(s): LAW IS RELIGION PROVIDENCE, UNION IS OBJECT MATERIAL.
  • lincoln-03-experiment-proposition appears in 3 mapping(s) across 1 document(s) dated 1838-01-27 and period(s) early-republican-rhetoric. Current classification: localized in current evidence. Representative metaphor(s): REPUBLIC IS EXPERIMENT SCIENCE.
  • lincoln-06-providence-theodicy appears in 2 mapping(s) across 2 document(s) dated 1863-11-19, 1865-03-04 and period(s) emancipation-and-sacrifice, providence-and-reconciliation. Current classification: recurring across periods; 1 high-salience mapping(s). Representative metaphor(s): CITIZENSHIP IS RELIGION PROVIDENCE, SLAVERY IS RELIGION PROVIDENCE.
  • Clusters without current CMT mapping evidence should be treated as uncoded in this sample, not as disappearing from the case’s metaphor system.