Spatial metaphors of affect display remarkable consistencies across languages in mapping sensorimotor experiences onto emotional states, reflecting a great degree of similarity in how our bodies register affect. At the same time, however, affect is complex and there is more than a single possible mapping from vertical spatial concepts to affective states. Here we consider a previously unreported case of spatial metaphors mapping down onto desirable, and up undesirable emotional experiences in Mlabri, an Austroasiatic language of Thailand and Laos, making a novel contribution to the study of metaphor and Cognitive Linguistics. Using first-hand corpus and elicitation data, we examine the metaphorical expressions: klol jur ‘heart going down’ and klol khɯn ‘heart going up’/ klol kɔbɔ jur ‘heart not going down’ . Though reflecting a metaphorical mapping opposite to the commonly reported happy is up metaphor, which is said to link to universal bodily correlates of emotion, the Mlabri metaphors are far from idiosyncratic. Rather, they are grounded in the bodily experience of positive low-arousal states, and in that reflect an emic view of ideal affect centered on contentment and tranquility. This underscores the complexity of bodily experience of affect, demonstrating that cultures draw on the available sensorimotor correlates of emotion in distinct ways.

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心灵通往幸福的下行之路：情感空间隐喻中的跨文化多样性

情感的空间隐喻在将感觉运动经历映射到情绪状态时显示出跨语言的显着一致性，反映出我们的身体如何记录情感。但是，与此同时，情感是复杂的，从垂直空间概念到情感状态的映射可能不止一个。在这里，我们考虑了一个以前未曾报道过的空间隐喻案例，该案例隐喻了泰国和老挝的一种大洋洋语Mlabri中的理想和不理想的情感经历，为隐喻和认知语言学的研究做出了新的贡献。使用第一手语料库和启发数据，我们检查了隐喻表达：klol jur“心脏下降”和klolkhɯn“心脏上升” / klolkɔbɔjur“心脏不下降”。尽管反映了一种与通常报道的快乐相对的隐喻映射，但据说这种隐喻与情感的普遍身体关联有关，但Mlabri隐喻远非特质。相反，它们基于积极的低唤醒状态的身体经验，并且反映了以满足和宁静为中心的理想影响的观点。这强调了身体情感体验的复杂性，表明文化以独特的方式利用了情感的可用感觉运动相关性。反映了以满足和宁静为中心的理想影响的特质观点。这强调了身体情感体验的复杂性，表明文化以独特的方式利用了情感的可用感觉运动相关性。反映了以满足和宁静为中心的理想影响的特质观点。这强调了身体情感体验的复杂性，表明文化以独特的方式利用了情感的可用感觉运动相关性。