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Glossary term P

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

Physical

  • The body and its parts

Metaphorical

  • The family
  • The caste structure of India

Sources 1

  1. Lakoff, G. 1987, 273–274
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