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CONCEPTUALIZATION OF EMOTIONS IN ENGLISH

CONCEPTUALIZATION OF EMOTIONS IN ENGLISH


Author:  I.V. Skrynnikova

Affiliation:  Volgograd State University

Abstract:  We can metaphorically describe emotions as locations that can be reached, occupied or left. Concepts of embodied space are important organizing structures which pervade emotional concepts.

Keywords:  conceptual metaphor, spatial concepts, location, container, image schema, emotions

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