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How do metaphors shape our world?

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Linguamania
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We tend to think of metaphors as poetic language, but we actually use them all the time in our everyday speech. But how do metaphors in different languages work? And can the metaphors we use affect our thinking?
In this episode of LinguaMania, we explore how we use metaphors across the world, looking at the different ways of representing abstract concepts, such as emotion and time, through idioms and metaphors.

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Series
Linguamania
People
Katrin Kohl
Jeannette Littlemore
Lera Boroditsky
Zoltán Kövecses
Sally Zacharias
Keywords
metaphor
language
languages
time
emotion
abstract
Department: Faculty of Medieval & Modern Languages
Date Added: 03/04/2020
Duration: 00:16:55

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