Abstract Following the tradition of embodiment hypothesis suggested by Lakoff and Johnson (1980), the current research article aims to explore metaphorical concepts of happiness in Hindi phraseological expressions. The embodiment hypothesis postulates that phraseological expressions, especially idioms, are not the frozen building blocks of a language, but motivated linguistic bundles, which encode and reflect the physical and socio-cultural experience of a given linguistic community (see Gibbs 1993). In this regard, this article not only proposes the metaphorical instances of motivated Hindi phraseological expressions but also highlights the underlying socio-cultural particularities. This article is expected to contribute to international phraseological research given that Hindi language, particularly Hindi phraseology, has hardly been taken into consideration to validate or refute the postulates of embodiment hypothesis in connection with the conceptualization of emotional concepts.

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幸福与隐喻：北印度语用语的视角

摘要根据Lakoff和Johnson（1980）提出的体现假设的传统，本研究文章旨在探讨印地语短语表达中幸福的隐喻概念。实施例假设假设短语表达，尤其是成语，不是语言的固定组成部分，而是有动机的语言束，它们编码并反映给定语言社区的物理和社会文化体验（参见Gibbs 1993）。在这方面，本文不仅提出了动机化的印地语措辞表达的隐喻实例，而且还强调了潜在的社会文化特殊性。鉴于印地语，尤其是印地语，