Re: Answering some points

In a message dated 4/26/01 8:24:03 PM, alrivera@SOUTHERN.EDU writes:

<< Such as English, if you take 'before' (earlier/in front of, cf. 'fore') and

'after' (later/behind, cf. 'aft').


So the language doesn't _necessarily_ determine/reflect the worldview (or at

least the current worldview).  Anyway...

 >>

    Actually, for this particular case, English has three distinct metaphors:
"Life is a journey", so we move forwards through time ("I'm looking forward
to that", "The test is ahead of/behind us"); "We are stationary and life
passes us by from back to front", and that takes care of your examples; and
lastly, "we are stationary and life passes us from front to back", as in "My
finals are coming up".  English is wild that way. ~:D

-David