| Description |
1 online resource (312 pages) |
| Series |
Linguistische Arbeiten ; v. 407 |
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Linguistische Arbeiten
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| Contents |
Frontmatter -- 1. Introduction -- Part One: The notion of metaphor and its relation to the discourse of physics -- 2. Approaches to metaphor: past and present -- 3. Identifying metaphor in physical science: sorts, functions, and related concepts -- Part Two: Metaphors in physics -- 4. Underlying metaphors of everyday thought in meta-theory and the concept formation of physics -- 5. World theories in meta-theory and the concept formation -- 6. Stipulative reference extension -- 7. Assimilative metaphor -- 8. Theory-constitutive and educational metaphors -- 9. Metaphor and style: "figures of speech" in the language of physics -- 10. Transfer of denotations in the terminology of physics -- 11. Thoughts and conclusions -- References |
| Summary |
For decades there has been awareness of the fact that the natural sciences and the language they use are not metaphor-free domains. This study draws together statements on this phenomenon made in a discourse context hitherto dominated by theoreticians and philosophers of science and points up new perspectives of an interdisciplinary nature discussed here primarily from the viewpoint of cognitive semantics. How do metaphors enter into a discourse with physics? To what extent are the methods used and the issues addressed in physics influenced by metaphors? How do the ubiquitous metaphors of ever |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Metaphor.
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Physics -- Language
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Science -- Language.
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metaphor.
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Metaphor
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Physics -- Language
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Science -- Language
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783110915938 |
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3110915936 |
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