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 (2)

• Communication Is Linguistic Communication → communication
• Letter vs. Spirit of the Law → governance

Applied To This Frame (2)

• seafaring → By and Large
• science-fiction → Newspeak Is Thought Control