Metaphoric and Idiomatic Structuring of Abstract Concepts

Seminar paper from the year 2022 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,0, University of Wuppertal, language: English, abstract: In this paper, I will attempt to make a connection between the theory of grounded cognition for abstract concepts and the grounding of structural metaphors. The relationship between language and abstract concepts and the role that ...