Source Domain
Source Domain
A source domain is a concept that is metaphorically used to provide the means of understanding another concept.
(English)
A verticality schema , as a source domain, is metaphorically applied to the concept of amount in the more-as-up and less-as-down metaphors expressed in the following sentences:
Page/s: 276-277, 288
Source: Lakoff, G. 1987
Lakoff, George. 1987.Women, fire, and dangerous things: What categories reveal about the mind. Chicago: University of Chicago.
More specific terms
- NT1 ↓ Image Schema ►
Related terms
- RT⇆ Metaphor
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/source-domain
