Metaphors in scientific and technical languages: challenges and perspective

Finatto, Maria José Bocorny

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“…The analysis of scientific literature on the problem under study has shown that the issues of metaphorization and metonymization of terms are widely considered. Thus, metaphors in scientific and technical languages are common phenomena and form part of technical and scientific communication (Finatto, 2010). Rather than being optional, metaphors permeate practice and research, providing conceptual lenses that help us understand issues and objects of concern.…”

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Semantic shift as a way of meaning specialization: the case of English elearning terms

Ossokina¹,

Murzalina²

2021

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This article is devoted to the study of e-learning terminology in modern English. The processes of globalization and digitalization in the field of education and the rapid development of new Internet technologies have long been a catalytic force for the formation of e-learning terminology systems. The global pandemic situation has necessitated the transition of education to an electronic environment, thus revolutionized the education system and served as an impetus that caused a sharp increase in the frequency of e-learning terms usage in mass communication and contributed to the emergence of new terms in the researched sphere. In this regard, research aimed at identifying the specifics of e-learning terminology and the features of the meaning specialization is of particular importance. As a result of contextual analysis, a large array of newly emerged e-learning terms (1600 terminological units) was analyzed. The semantic study using the definition analysis and method of semantic differentiation shows that the semantic shift as a way of meaning specialization is a productive mechanism for the formation of new e-learning terms in modern English language. The results of the research contribute to the study of English lexicology and specifically terminology. The extensive illustrative material and the main findings of the study can particularly be used in the practice of teaching English for special purposes and in the development of e-learning materials in general

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Semantic shift as a way of meaning specialization: the case of English elearning terms

Ossokina¹,

Murzalina²

2021

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“…As for the incidence of metaphor in medical genres, Giannoni (2009) shows how frequency of metaphorical lexical items conveys the disciplinary values associated with academic medical discourse. In addition, conventional metaphor in medical scientific discourse reveals the relevance of metaphorical models like war, sport, the body-as-machine, personification, among others, in the conceptualization of medical processes and notions (Finatto, 2010;Huang, 2005;Masukume & Zumla, 2012;Mungra, 2007;Periyakoil, 2008). Semino (2008Semino ( , 2011 shows the variation of particular metaphors and their linguistic expression in different discourse genres for diverse purposes.…”

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Metaphorical Concepts and Their Cognitive Functions in Medical Discourse: Research Papers vs. Press Articles

Ferrando¹

2021

ESP Today

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The aim of this paper is to disclose linguistic evidence of the use and function of metaphors in medical discourse, by comparing their incidence in two genres, namely research papers and press articles. For that purpose, a sample of texts in both genres is analysed. Four types of conceptual metaphorical projections are identified according to Conceptual Metaphor Theory (i.e. structural, image, ontological, and orientational). Subsequently, the relation of these mappings with cognitive functions -categorization and conceptualization -is described. The purpose is to explore the role these functions play in knowledge construction and their implications for communicative aspects of metaphor usage. The results suggest a characterization of metaphorical concepts in the two medical genres. The conclusions show divergent tendencies in the use of metaphor and its cognitive and communicative functions in the genres analysed.

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“…According to Massey (2017) and Merakchi (2018), metaphor translation in scientific texts appears to be overlooked compared to metaphor translation in literary texts. This is probably due to the older perspective that scientific language and metaphors are completely incompatible and thus metaphor had no space in scientific language (Finatto, 2010). Surprisingly, a number of previous studies have mainly focused on literary texts (e.g.…”

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Exploring Strategies of Translating Metaphor from English into Arabic with Reference to Scientific Texts

Ashuja’a

Almatari

Alward

2019

IJCLTS

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Metaphors play an important role in conveying meaning not only in literary texts but also in scientific genres. Although there have been many translation studies on metaphor in literary texts, studies on metaphor translation in scientific settings seem to have been overlooked and received less attention. Therefore, this study aimed to identify the strategies used in translating scientific metaphors from English to Arabic by Yemeni senior translation students in three universities. This was achieved by using a translation test consisting of (33) metaphors selected from various sources based on Lakoff and Johnsen’s (1980; 2003) classification of metaphor. The test was given to a sample of 91 students who were randomly selected. 72 participants completed the test. Data were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively. Results showed that eight strategies, adapted from Alshunnag (2016), were used. The highly frequent strategy was the literal strategy and the least frequent was the explication strategy. The use of literal strategy indicated the difficulty of finding a metaphorical expression of a different type for the English metaphors in Arabic which might be due to the limited time available for translation and lack of knowledge of the metaphorical structure in both the source and target languages. It was recommended, therefore, that more comparative studies should be done to help improve translation training offered to students who should also be provided with training sessions which are more conducive to learning.

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Metaphors in scientific and technical languages: challenges and perspective

Cited by 7 publications

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Semantic shift as a way of meaning specialization: the case of English elearning terms

Semantic shift as a way of meaning specialization: the case of English elearning terms

Metaphorical Concepts and Their Cognitive Functions in Medical Discourse: Research Papers vs. Press Articles

Exploring Strategies of Translating Metaphor from English into Arabic with Reference to Scientific Texts

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