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Adjacency [localization]
A Figure is located adjacent to a Ground. This is equivalent to the Figure and Ground either constituting or being associated with a zone, with each zone in contact with the zone of the other.
The two houses were adjacent , so she bought them together .
The bedroom adjoining hers was much smaller .
The park borders a very upscale neighborhood .
While you solder , make sure the neighboring pins don't get overheated . DNI
This frame is intended to cover productive metaphor cases such as those found in "adjacent web pages"--referring to pages that metaphorically "share a border" by virtue of sharing a hyperlink, as well as many additional cases of entities which are cognitively associated in other ways. There are a number of less productive metaphors that are also intended to be included in this frame, e.g. "behavior bordering on lunacy", "cleanliness is next to godliness", despite the fact that conventionally we do not find "adjacent to lunacy", etc. Though these expressions sound creative, they are immediately understandable and contextually unobjectionable.
The two houses were adjacent , so she bought them together .
The bedroom adjoining hers was much smaller .
The park borders a very upscale neighborhood .
While you solder , make sure the neighboring pins don't get overheated . DNI
This frame is intended to cover productive metaphor cases such as those found in "adjacent web pages"--referring to pages that metaphorically "share a border" by virtue of sharing a hyperlink, as well as many additional cases of entities which are cognitively associated in other ways. There are a number of less productive metaphors that are also intended to be included in this frame, e.g. "behavior bordering on lunacy", "cleanliness is next to godliness", despite the fact that conventionally we do not find "adjacent to lunacy", etc. Though these expressions sound creative, they are immediately understandable and contextually unobjectionable.
Properties
- ID
- #2891
- Entry
- frm_adjacency
- Namespace
- Relation.Localization
- FrameNet version
- Adjacency (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- English name
- Adjacency
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figure |
The Figure is perceived as located relative to a certain Ground location. The figure can be an entity or an event.
The cat|Fig is adjacent to the mat. |
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| Ground |
The Ground serves as a basis for describing the location of the Figure.
The cat is adjacent to the mat|Grnd. |
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Core Unexpressed Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figures |
The Figures are items which mutually serve to identify the location of the other items.
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
Excludes
Figure
Figures
Ground
Peripheral Frame Elements (1)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time |
The period of time during which the locative relation between Figure and Ground obtains.
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category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accessibility |
An indication of how accessible the Figure is to some participant in the speech context (either the speaker or the addressee, or some other highly salient viewpoint in a narrative). This FE normally describes availability for manipulation and use, but may simply describe how easily seen or difficult to see the Figure is. There is a closed class of items that can fill this slot, including only 'just' and 'right' indicating ease of access, and 'way', 'all the way', or (dialectally) 'clear' indicating distance and difficulty of access.
The flashlight 's right next to my handbag. |
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| Deixis |
An indication of how the locative phrase relates to the grounding of the speech situation, either locating it near (here) or far (there, yonder), or specifically separated from the speech context by distance or a barrier (over). Fillers of this FE are restricted to this closed class of items.
It is lying here next to my desk. |
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| Direction |
This FE identifies the Direction from a reference location (generally, the deictic center) of a path to the Figure. This FE is filled by one of a closed class of adverbs: up, down, out (meaning 'beyond the boundary around the viewpoint'), off (meaning 'disconnect between landmark and figure'), back (meaning 'along a line from front to back of landmark, and relatively inaccessible'), and, more rarely, away, along, and dialectally, back down (meaning 'down and behind').
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| Directness |
An indication of how closely the position of Figure matches the prototype expected from the image schema associated with the target. This FE is normally filled by closed-class, dedicated adverbs like right, straight, directly, and due (and some combinations of these), but also occurs with rarer items like 'smack dab'.
The houses are directly adjacent to each other. |
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| Distance |
This FE identifies the Distance between the Figure and the Ground. This FE requires an image schema with a vector that extends from the Ground, or a subpart of the Ground, in some direction, and the Distance is measured along this vector from the Ground to the profiled region.
The cat is immediately|Dist adjacent to the mat. |
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (13)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| abut.v | — | COD: (of land or a building) be next to or have a common boundary with |
| adjacency.n | — | FN: the state of being in zones bordering each other. |
| adjacent.a | — | FN: in an area immediately next to an area occupied by (something). |
| adjoin.v | — | FN: to border on. |
| adjoining.a | — | FN: sharing a boundary with. |
| border.v | — | FN: share a boundary with. |
| bordering.a | — | FN: sharing a boundary with. |
| contiguity.n | — | FN: the state of sharing a boundary with. |
| contiguous.a | — | FN: (esp. of a group of zones) sharing common borders (without occupying the same space). |
| neighbor.n | — | FN: an entity that is next to (some contextually relevant entity). |
| neighbor.v | — | FN: to be in an area next to. |
| neighboring.a | — | FN: in an adjacent area. |
| next to.prep | — | FN: without any boundary intervening. |
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