Conceptual domain

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A term brought up in learning, as well as analytical lingtuistics such as in frame semantics, around figures of speech, and various other places.

'Conceptual domain' usually points out implicit or explicit transfer between two conceptual domains, as in analogy, metonymy, the idea of conceptual metaphors, and more.