spürtetlike
Spürtetlike is a neologism used in linguistic and literary studies to describe a discourse feature in which abstract concepts are framed through vivid sensory cues that resemble physical perception. The form blends the German verb spüren, to feel, with the English suffix -like, signaling resemblance. It has appeared in discussions of embodied cognition and sensorimotor metaphor to name a specific class of descriptive constructions.
Usage and characteristics: Spürtetlike constructions typically attach to nouns or adjectives to attribute a tangible sensory
Origins and reception: The term emerged in the 2020s within debates about how language conveys experiential
Examples and scope: In published or online discourse, spürtetlike can describe passages that endow an abstract
See also: embodiment, conceptual metaphor, sensorimotor metaphor, vivid language.