Romantic Love

Abstract

The main focus of the present chapter will be on what have been called “related concepts.” It was suggested in chapter 3 that the structure of many emotion concepts is composed of four parts. These include a system of conceptual metonymies, a system of conceptual metaphors, a set of related concepts, and a category of cognitive models. So far we have seen several examples for the metonymies, metaphors, and cognitive models, but related concepts have not been explicitly discussed. They have been only briefly mentioned in connection with some emotions; in particular, it was said that anger has a “displeasure” element and that “joy” seems to be an integral part of pride. But related concepts associated with the emotions are not confined to concepts that correspond to particular emotions like joy. They can be of a variety of kinds. The idea of “recognition” and “superiority” in the case of respect are good examples, and the discussion of the concepts related to romantic love will provide further instances when related concepts are not “pure” emotions but also emotional attitudes, dispositions, and the like.