conceptual metaphor is the most prominent achievements in cognitive linguistics and cognitive semantics. based on this theory, most of the parts of our vision system and mindset is naturally metaphorical, which structures our way of thinking and understanding. therefore, our understanding has strong relationship in all aspects, and since the ethical implications are naturally abstract, metaphor...

Does the lexicon alone determine reference or does syntactic phrase structure contribute to this process as well? Researchers have proposed contrasting responses to this question. Some take young children’s frequent omissions of functional categories as evidence for diminished syntactic knowledge, arguing instead that children rely primarily on lexical categories in the early stages of language...

In this era of hate and lust, it would be interesting to know about the chemistry behind love. The boundary line between love and lust is very thin. To protect you from committing the misbehavior in the society culture and customs play a vital role no doubt, but it seems to the author that knowledge of the chemistry behind love would also be helpful to behave in society. Indeed there exist bioc...

We attempt to determine the discriminability and organization of neural activation corresponding to the experience of specific emotions. Method actors were asked to self-induce nine emotional states (anger, disgust, envy, fear, happiness, lust, pride, sadness, and shame) while in an fMRI scanner. Using a Gaussian Naïve Bayes pooled variance classifier, we demonstrate the ability to identify spe...

In English (1) tense is marked both on auxiliary do and the lexical verb. In (2), is occurs in two positions. In (3), the functional element no is realized in a relative clause, even though adult Japanese has no overt functional morpheme in this position. In (4), the ‘bound noun’ kes is likewise realized in a relative clause, even though no morpheme appears in this position in adult Korean. The...

In today's climate of political correctness, I shall have to be very careful in choosing my words in this letter, because I do not want to stand trial for conspiring to provoke lewd behaviour, should our private correspondence fall into the wrong hands. The modern meaning of lust has very bad connotations. It suggests uncontrolled sexual desire or an overwhelming craving for money, fame or powe...