Image Schema
Definition:
An image schema is a mental pattern that
- recurrently provides structured understanding of various experiences, and
- is available for use in metaphor as a source domain to provide an understanding of yet other experiences.
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Examples:
(English)
A compulsion schema is used to provide an understanding of experiences, such as:
- a jet airplane
- geological forces moving continental plates, and
- metaphorically, the experience of peer pressure.
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Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.