<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The assertion we start from in our study is that in specialized languages metaphor is a figure of reason rather than a figure of speech. The general objective of the study is researching the interdisciplinary status of specialized metaphor – terminological and conceptual – by making reference to the <italic>hard core</italic> of terminology. Derived objectives: comparative research of the degree of scientificity of interdisciplinary metaphor, at the <italic>hard core</italic> of lexis, following metaphorical transfer; descriptive-linguistic and cognitive research of the general and particular conceptual features that are preserved within this type of internal terminology. The approach is descriptive-contrastive.</p><p>One of the conclusions of the research is that the <italic>central sphere</italic> of specialized lexis, by expansion, supplies terms that may be specialized or may go through a new metaphorical transfer without altering the degree of scientificity in the target fields.</p></abstract>

The assertion we start from in our study is that in specialized languages metaphor is a figure of reason rather than a figure of speech. The general objective of the study is researching the interdisciplinary status of specialized metaphor – terminological and conceptual – by making reference to the hard core of terminology. Derived objectives: comparative research of the degree of scientificity of interdisciplinary metaphor, at the hard core of lexis, following metaphorical transfer; descriptive-linguistic and cognitive research of the general and particular conceptual features that are preserved within this type of internal terminology. The approach is descriptive-contrastive.One of the conclusions of the research is that the central sphere of specialized lexis, by expansion, supplies terms that may be specialized or may go through a new metaphorical transfer without altering the degree of scientificity in the target fields.

The Status of Interdisciplinary Metaphor in Specialized Lexis

Sapientia Hungarian University of Transylvania

Faculty of Technical and Human Sciences, Department of Applied Linguistics

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae, Philologica

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The assertion we start from in our study is that in specialized languages metaphor is a figure of reason rather than a figure of speech. The general objective...

The Status of Interdisciplinary Metaphor in Specialized Lexis

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 85 - 91

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2019-0027

Keywords
central sphere, interdisciplinary metaphor, multilingual, terminology

© 2019 Doina Butiurca, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

The Status of Interdisciplinary Metaphor in Specialized Lexis

Published Online: Jan 21, 2020

Page range: 85 - 91

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ausp-2019-0027

Keywordscentral sphere, interdisciplinary metaphor, multilingual, terminology

© 2019 Doina Butiurca, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
central sphere, interdisciplinary metaphor, multilingual, terminology