2021
DOI: 10.1007/s40656-021-00450-2
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Metaphors as models: Towards a typology of metaphor in ancient science

Abstract: Metaphors play a crucial role in the understanding of science. Since antiquity, metaphors have been used in technical texts to describe structures unknown or unnamed; besides establishing a terminology of science, metaphors are also important for the expression of concepts. However, a concise terminology to classify metaphors in the language of science has not been established yet. But in the context of studying the history of a science and its concepts, a precise typology of metaphors can be helpful. Metaphor… Show more

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“…Therefore, as Humar put it "A metaphor links two domains by mapping attributes from one onto the other. Thus, metaphor is an act of transferring … [where] … the key terms, 'target' and 'source', were introduced by Lakoff and Johnson … For instance, the biological metaphor 'genes are text' links the source 'text' and the target 'genes'" (Humar, 2021). Black (1962) points out, in this context, how similar is the "standardized" Oxford English Dictionary (OED) 1 description of metaphor to the one described above: "The figure of speech in which a name or descriptive term is transferred to some object different from, but analogous to, that to which it is properly applicable; an instance of this, a metaphorical expression".…”
Section: Metaphormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Therefore, as Humar put it "A metaphor links two domains by mapping attributes from one onto the other. Thus, metaphor is an act of transferring … [where] … the key terms, 'target' and 'source', were introduced by Lakoff and Johnson … For instance, the biological metaphor 'genes are text' links the source 'text' and the target 'genes'" (Humar, 2021). Black (1962) points out, in this context, how similar is the "standardized" Oxford English Dictionary (OED) 1 description of metaphor to the one described above: "The figure of speech in which a name or descriptive term is transferred to some object different from, but analogous to, that to which it is properly applicable; an instance of this, a metaphorical expression".…”
Section: Metaphormentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Metaphorical is explained in contrast with the literal (Bailer-Jones, 2002: 117) and through the concept of "a meaning shift for metaphors" (Bailer-Jones, 2002: 117). Metaphors are acknowledged to "play a crucial role in the understanding of science" (Humar, 2021) because "since antiquity, metaphors have been used in technical texts to describe structures unknown or unnamed; besides establishing a terminology of science, metaphors are also important for the expression of concepts" (Humar, 2021).…”
Section: Metaphorical Models As a Means Of Researchmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…& Bloshchynskyi (2021) and others highlight main peculiarities of a metaphor as the most creative and productive way of secondary nomination. Humar (2021) and Arutiunova (1978) focus their attention on the typology of metaphorical terms. Metaphor as a unique instrument for term formation in different terminologies like political, oil and gas, military was investigated in detail by Datsyshyn (2005), Kerimov (2005), Tsisar (2009), Khachmafova, Ostrovskaya & Skhalyakho (2021) and other linguistists.…”
Section: Literature Reviewmentioning
confidence: 99%