Metaphors and Their Functions in Technological Discourse

This article analyzes the lexical metaphors and grammatical metaphors in scientific discourse, as well as their complementarity, to illustrate that lexical metaphors can vividly describe scientific phenomena, while grammatical metaphors can effectively express the logical beauty, overall beauty, and concise beauty of scientific language.

Authors

Zhiwei Ge (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8985-4595)

Institutions

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (CN)

Publication Details

Journal: US-China Foreign Language
Published: 2024-10-28
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17265/1539-8080/2024.10.003
Primary Topic: Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
Type: article
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Metaphors and Their Functions in Technological Discourse

Zhiwei Ge

Oct 28, 2024

US-China Foreign Language

Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

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Metaphors and Their Functions in Technological Discourse

Zhiwei Ge

October 28, 2024article en

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US-China Foreign LanguageVol. 22(10)

University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (CN)

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Language, Metaphor, and Cognition

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