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Cultures Across the World Regard Love as Fire

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PDF Version. A metaphoric lexicon helps us better understand what love is. In many languages, the metaphors, metonyms, and related concepts of “fire” and “heat” represent the strong passion of love (see Karandashev, 2019). The metaphors of “love as fire … Continue reading →

Love Is Hot as Fire: European and North American Cultures

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PDF Version. Metaphors, metonyms, and related concepts enrich and deepen our understanding and experience of love. Many languages and cultures use various metaphorical expressions of love (Kövecses, 1988; Kövecses, 2003). In many European and North American cultures, love is compared to … Continue reading →