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UDK 165.194:81’373.612.2 81’373.612.2:159.942 811.163.42’01:930.2 Izvorni znanstveni ~lanak Prihva}eno za tisak 18. 11. 2013. Amir Kapetanovi} Institut za hrvatski jezik i jezikoslovlje akapetan@ihjj.hr Searching for hidden ancient containers in the Old Croatian language: the body and emotions as containers The article uses cognitive metaphor theory to analyse the conception of both the body and of emotions as containers. Reflections of two differing conceptual metaphors projecting the container image schema (THE BODY IS A CONTAINER FOR EMOTIONS and EMOTION IS A CON- TAINER) in both the Old Croatian language and the modern Croatian standard language are documented. Additionally, the ancient conception of emotion as a fluid (EMOTION IS A FLUID IN A CONTAINER) is described, and it is shown how emotion can be both a substance in a container and a container substance in both medieval and modern Croatian texts. The final section of the article confirms the application of the container image schema to imaginary beings through descriptions of the devil’s body from medieval Croatian texts. This research made use of a digitally searchable online corpus of the Croatian language th th (containing 19 and 20 century texts), as well as an a