‘Love Is Adversity: The Conceptual Metaphor of Love in Arabic’ presented by Dr. Abdullah Alsarhan.
This study aims at shedding a light on the concept of LOVE in Arabic according to the conceptual metaphor theory of Lakoff and Johnson (1980). It suggests that LOVE is conceptualized as ADVERSITY in Arabic.
Bio:
Dr. Abdullah E Alsarhan
Assistant Professor at Department of Arabic Language -College of Arts, Kuwait University
Ph.D in Classical Arabic literature, The University of St Andrews 2019, thesis title: Cultural Phenomena in Classical Arabic phraseology, case study of the works of Ibn al-Khaṭīb>
MSc in Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, the University pf Edinburgh 2013, Thesis title: The Ismāʿīlī influence on Ibn Hanʾ al-Andalusī’s metaphorical language.