What is a part-whole schema?

Definition
	A part-whole schema is an image schema involving physical or metaphorical wholes along with their parts and a configuration of the parts.

Examples (English)
	Physical The body and its parts
	Metaphorical The family The caste structure of India

Generic
	A part-whole schema is a kind of
	What is an image schema?

Source
	Lakoff, G. 1987 273–274

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Concept module: part-whole schema
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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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