Metaphors in scientific and technical languages

Challenges and Perspective

Bibliographic Data

ID3881545
AuthorsMaria José Bocorny Finatto (0000-0002-6022-8408, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume26
Issuespe
Pages645-656
Publication date2010-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueDELTA Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0102-4450 • E-ISSN: 1678-460X
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0102-44502010000300012
OpenAlexW2024801213
SCIELO_PIDS0102-44502010000300012
LanguageEN
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This article aims to show, in a summarized way, how different studies on metaphor can positively converge to a cognitive-linguistic perception of this phenomenon. This perception surpasses a merely stylistic vision of the metaphor. The paper also reports the research that was done by Huang (2005) about metaphors in scientific texts of Medicine, which is related to the topic of AIDS. The results and difficulties of Huang's research have given examples in the treatment of the theme of metaphor in Terminology and in studies of scientific texts. It is concluded that metaphor is one of the phenomena that make part of the technical and scientific communication and, because of the complexity in approaching such topic, it must also be investigated in Terminology

Cognition · Cognitive science · Epistemology · Linguistics · Metaphor · Perception · Perspective (graphical) · Phenomenon · Scientific literature · Scientific terminology · Terminology · Theme (computing) · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · linguistics and terminology studies · Literary and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Psychology

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