What is an equilibrium schema?

Definition
	An equilibrium schema is a balance schema that involves physical or metaphorical external and internal pressure on container-like objects.

Examples (English)

Pressure in the stomach
Some aspects of psychological balance, such as when emotions are said to be capable of “exploding” and thus in need of being
- “repressed”
- “suppressed,” and
- “held in.”

Source:

Johnson 1987 88

Generic
	An equilibrium schema is a kind of
	What is a balance schema?

Source
	Johnson 1987 86, 88–89

Context for this page:

Concept module: equilibrium schema
In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): E
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

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