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Image schema

An image schema (both schemas and schemata are used as plural forms) is a recurring structure within our cognitive processes which establishes patterns of understanding and reasoning. As an understudy to embodied cognition, image schemas are formed from our bodily interactions, from linguistic experience, and from historical context. The term is…

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Image schema

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Triples76
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
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related to Relationships to similar theories · 21
Image schema → Andrea, Anna Wierzbicka's, Brugman, Eve Sweetser, For, In, Jean, Johnson, Kant's, Lakoff's, Langacker's, Len Talmy, Leonard Talmy's, Mandler's, Max Wertheimer's, Other, Roger Schank, Ronald Langacker, Susan Lindner, Talmy
related to Lakoff: Image schemas in Brugman's The story of Over · 14
Image schema → Claudia Brugman, Dangerous Things, English, Fire, For, Furthermore, In, Johnson, Lakoff, Moreover, Similar, Spider-Man, This, Women
related to Mandler and Canovas' image schema hierarchy · 12
Image schema → CONTACT, CONTAINER, Image, PATH, PATH TO THING, Representations, Schematic, Source, Spatial, The, THING, THING INTO CONTAINER
related to Johnson: From image schemas to abstract reasoning via metaphor · 9
Image schema → English, For, However, Image, In, LM, Moreover, Out, TR
related to Formal specification of image schemas and role in artificial intelligence · 7
Image schema → As, Image Schema Language, ISL, One, The, This, While
related to Lists of image schemas · 5
Image schema → In, Lakoff, Mind, The Body, While Johnson

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image schemas cognitive schema linguistics spatial also embodied johnson used conceptual containment theory structure lakoff reasoning artificial psychology patterns describe

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the Containment schemainstance ofThe train started out for Chicago.Experientially basic and primarily spatial image schemas0.80text
its derivatives the Out schemas lend their logic to non-spatial situationsinstance ofThe train started out for Chicago.Experientially basic and primarily spatial image schemas0.80text
whether the trajector was in contact with the landmark or notinstance ofthese six schemas could be both further specified by other spatial schemas0.80text
rotational schemasinstance ofimage schemata0.80text
path to object massinstance ofimage schemata0.80text
as in Spider-Man climbed all over the wallinstance ofimage schemata0.80text
Eve Sweetserinstance ofas used by linguists0.80text
commonsense reasoninginstance ofThis is extended to also include non-linguistic reasoning0.80text
Image schemarelated to Formal specification of image schemas and role in artificial intelligenceWhile0.60section
Image schemarelated to Formal specification of image schemas and role in artificial intelligenceThe0.60section
Image schemarelated to Formal specification of image schemas and role in artificial intelligenceAs0.60section
Image schemarelated to Formal specification of image schemas and role in artificial intelligenceThis0.60section

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