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Conlangery #66: Conceptual Metaphors

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The History of Marriage in the Western World

The history of marriage in the western world is something we can discuss offline. conceptual metaphors involving body parts like you have an example here from indonesian happiness is a blossoming liver. Some languages put the center of emotion in the stomach too or some of them alsoYeah i just really thought that was interesting how the conceptual metaphor was entrained into the essentially the gender system and class system of the of the language.

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