Conlangery #66: Conceptual Metaphors

Today we have a very enlightening discussion about conceptual metaphors and how thinking about them can help you avoid a relex as well as have loads of fun in usage and translation.  Also, this will be William’s last episode for a while Top of Show Greeting: Arahau Links and Resources: List of English conceptual metaphors (in categories) Metaphors in Iraqi Arabic John Quijada on cognitive linguistics (video) Metaphors in Hmong Organ/body part metaphors in Thai/Japanese/English Metaphors in Basque Mandarin Chinese metaphors for the Internet Metaphors in Modern Greek Dog metaphors in English Culinary metaphors in Persian