What is a link schema?

Definition
	A link schema is an image schema that consists of two or more entities, connected physically or metaphorically, and the bond between them.

Examples (English)
	A child holding her mother’s hand Someone plugging a lamp into the wall A causal “connection” Kinship “ties”

Generic
	A link schema is a kind of
	What is an image schema?

Source
	Johnson 1987 117–119

Context for this page:

Concept module: link schema
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): L
In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
In bookshelf: Linguistics

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003. [Ordering information.]

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