Thinking about Time in Elush | Worldbuilding + Conlanging

Abstract ideas are really hard to communicate and think about, so we try and use concrete experiences as a framework. Patreon:   / nakarispeardane   Music: Venkatesanda by Jesse Gallagher Sources: Conceptual metaphors: Metaphors We Live By, George Lakoff + Mark Johnson Spatial time metaphors: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/26797... Different directions in different contexts: https://link.springer.com/article/10.... Mandarin time: https://web.stanford.edu/class/think5... Aymara evidentiality: A Grammar of Muylaq' Aymara, Matt Coler Malagasy evidentiality: The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar, Alexander Adelaar + Nikolaus Himmelmann Maori time: https://www.thehourglass.com/cultural... Maori time: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full... Yupno time: https://www.newscientist.com/article/..., https://www.nationalgeographic.com/cu... Tells: Material Geographies of House Societies, Ian Kuijt Things I didn't actually reference but are still interesting: Yupno time, referencing the world rather than body position: https://www.scientificamerican.com/in... Vietnamese: https://www.degruyter.com/document/do... Bilingualism: https://theconversation.com/language-... Images: https://pixabay.com/photos/texture-sa... https://flickr.com/photos/decafinata/... https://flickr.com/photos/andymag/262... https://flickr.com/photos/dustinaskin... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_(a... https://flickr.com/photos/europeanspa... https://flickr.com/photos/haynes/5057... https://pixabay.com/photos/euro-coins... https://flickr.com/photos/alan-flora_... https://flickr.com/photos/12463666@N0... https://flickr.com/photos/76377775@N0... https://pixabay.com/photos/corn-poppy... https://flickr.com/photos/snigl3t/457...