The Definition of "Frame" and "Metaphor"

For Frame:


A frame is a structure which we use most frequently in our daily lifes. Just as in the classic definition, a frame should be formed with a skeleton and boundary, but in the lecture given by Professor Lakoff, two parts of a frame were defined. One part is "frame elements" and another is "scenarios." In an institution, such as a hospital, given as an example, all the people such as doctors, nurses and so on, and the space such as operating room, patient room, are all frame elements of a hospital. And the activities done in a hospital such as surgical operations and clinics, are scenarios of a hospital.

For Metaphor:

A metaphor is a link built in one's brain, which, in the case of basic metaphors, was established gradually since one's childhood. Since one's childhood, something meaningful will appear in front of him/her, and when these things repeat to be seen more and more times, the meaning and the phenomena will gradually find the shortest path by brain's activity and the neural circuit will be created. Then we will see something as a kind of metaphor of others.