What is a blockage schema?

Definition
	A blockage schema is a force schema in which a force is physically or metaphorically stopped or redirected by an obstacle.

Example (English)
	A crawling baby encountering a wall is stopped or redirected by the wall.

Source
	Johnson 1987 45

Concept module: blockage schema
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): B
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)
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