Definition
An end-of-path schema is an image schema in which a location is understood as the termination of a prescribed path.
Examples
(English)
In the following sentence, it is understood that one must traverse the hill before reaching Sam’s home, which is at the end of the path:
- Sam lives over the hill.
Sources 2
- Bennett 1975, 50
- Lakoff, G. 1987, 440–441