A love story
Abstract
Abstract Building on the extensive body of cognitive linguistic literature on emotion concepts, this chapter presents a corpus-based investigation of the metaphorical uses of the word amor(e) (‘love’) in the long diachrony from Latin to Italian. The analysis reveals the persistence of metaphorical patterns as well as their variation over time, in terms of both type and token frequency. On the basis of the data discussed, we suggest how this kind of historical research can benefit from central tenets of cognitive linguistics and how, in turn, historical analyses can help refine some assumptions generally taken for granted by cognitivist scholars.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Language
Metaphor
and Cognition
linguistics and terminology studies
Linguistic research and analysis
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Figurative thought and language
- Pages
- 200–221
- Publication date
- 29 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter