Spatial schemas for

Finally, the type of mapping described above is consistent with the constraints laid out in Gattis (this volume) for mapping between conceptual and spatial schemas. For example, the principle of iconicity constrains the mapping from the location and movement of the hands to the location and movement of objects described (whether abstract or concrete). Structural similarities constrain the mapping of relational structures, e.g., elements are mapped to elements (the hands to concepts) and relations are mapped to relations (the spatial relation of the hands is mapped to the relation of concepts, as in the poetry example). 

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