Verbs of perception as metaphorical devices in the natural sciences: A corpus study of specialized and popular text types

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Verbs of perception as metaphorical devices in the natural sciences: A corpus study of specialized and popular text types

Original language description

To form a basis for more effective use of metaphor in scientific writing I examine the distribution and function of verbs of perception as metaphorical devices in two parallel registers of natural sciences texts. Verbs of perception are pervasive and abundant in science texts due to their direct conceptualization of otherwise ungraspable or highly abstract phenomena. The distribution of different verbs of perception in different research domains can be empirically attested; however, this raises the question of a specified use of these expressions, especially when the specialized and the popular register are compared.

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Type

M - Conference organization

CEP classification

AI - Linguistics

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Continuities

V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Event location

Thessaloniki

Event country

GR - GREECE

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Total number of attendees

50

Foreign attendee count

40

Type of event by attendee nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce