What is love? That's what they are talking about on TV at the the moment (the Wright Stuff). It appears that people aren't really sure. It's an incredible emotion that forces itself into our systemn whether we want it to or not (thankfully most of us wnat it to). But I have to say that the English language really is fairly inadequate for describing this. Of course, not just English; I'm sure that many other society's languages cannot fully describe it, which is why we can't explain it. I think I will look into it. I know that French doesn't distiguish between love (aimer) and really like (aimer), yet they call their language the language of love... how does it work? In English, 'boyfriend' and 'girlfriend' mean different things to simply 'friend'; not so in German, or French (though they supposedly say 'petite amie', which is a phrase i never heard anybody say ever unless they were about seven). I might make it my next linguistic project. Today, this is what I reckon: it's a sunny day, and I think I will buy some flowers for my wife, who I really really love. We met in France, too. Vive l'amour...
C'est quoi, l'amour? a linguistic perspective.
22.4.05 11:36
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