Levels of Analysis of Metaphor Terminology
Levels of Analysis of Metaphor Terminology

Author(s): Doina Butiurcă
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Scientia Kiadó
Keywords: metaphor;terminology;cognitivism; medical
Summary/Abstract: In the context of the relationship between language and terminology, the research proposes a concise analysis of the functions of the terminological metaphor by correlating it to the functions of the language (referential, denominative, denotative, etc.) and the field of cognitivism (the informational function). Other aspects of the research: the motivation of the terminological metaphor, the transparency of conceptualization, the coherence that the conceptual model confers to a given terminology/or a given field, etc. The application is accomplished by the study of the source field (the Greek and the Roman house/elements/principles/equivalence of attributes) and the target field (NA, Virology, and Rheumatology) from the medical terminology.

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