A Corpus Study of Metaphors in the Abstracts of Biomedical Articles
A Corpus Study of Metaphors in the Abstracts of Biomedical Articles
Author(s): Adrian NăzneanSubject(s): Semantics, Pragmatics, Cognitive linguistics, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: biomedical articles; metaphor; token; corpus-based research; orthopaedics;
Summary/Abstract: Just as everyday language uses metaphors to introduce new notions by referring to analogies and similarities, so does the language of medicine. The purpose of this study was to identify and explain the use and meanings of metaphors in a corpus of abstracts of 31 articles in the field of orthopaedics. The tokens were categorized according to their meaning under distinct headings. The study identified forty-three tokens, the meaning of some of which being subjected to analysis and explanations.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Petru Maior. Philologia
- Issue Year: 2015
- Issue No: 18
- Page Range: 110-114
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English