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”
Source:
117–119
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.