A title at the top of a page or section; moving in a particular direction.
From Old English heafod meaning 'head, top, source.' The directional sense comes from the head leading the body's movement. In writing, headings 'lead' or 'head' sections, making them conceptually similar to physical leadership.
Headings beautifully demonstrate how body metaphors structure our understanding of information - just as our physical heads guide our bodies' direction, textual headings guide readers' mental movement through documents. This connection between physical navigation and cognitive navigation appears in many languages, suggesting universal patterns in human spatial-conceptual thinking.
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