If these metaphors are shaped by our sensorimotor systems, shouldn’t we expect them to be similar across all cultures (and languages) ? Are they, in fact, similar across all cultures ? I am not a linguist or an anthropologist, so I can’t really answer that question. I can identify a few metaphors that are different in Russian, but maybe those are outliers.
If these metaphors are shaped by our sensorimotor systems, shouldn’t we expect them to be similar across all cultures (and languages) ? Are they, in fact, similar across all cultures ? I am not a linguist or an anthropologist, so I can’t really answer that question. I can identify a few metaphors that are different in Russian, but maybe those are outliers.
Good question. See here.