Language
Roles: speaker, listener, word, sentence, grammar, meaning, dialect, translation
The system of words, grammar, and utterances through which humans communicate linguistically. Language is a specific modality of communication — structured, rule-governed, and predominantly verbal or written. As a source domain, it provides a powerful model that gets projected onto all forms of meaning-making, including those (gesture, music, visual art, body language) that operate outside linguistic rules.
As Source Frame (4)
- Communication Is Linguistic Communication → communication
- Letter vs. Spirit of the Law → governance
- Euphemism Treadmill → social-behavior
- Lingua Franca → diplomacy
Applied To This Frame (2)
- seafaring → By and Large
- science-fiction → Newspeak Is Thought Control