How do you assign event to an object that is within the function you want it assigned to?

Let's say you have something like this:

var clickHandler = function() {

    var link = $('<span></span>');

    someElement.append(link);

    link.click (clickHandler); ???

}

Code (markup):

Is there a way to append the function the the link is in as an action of that link?

I know that the example above is going to result in a recursive endless loop. I don't intend to use it like this. I just give this as an example.