Adjacency

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.