Conceptual Metaphor in Sociological Terminology

The article deals with a metaphoric perspective in the study of sociological terminology. Metaphor has long been widely used in reasoning and writing within humanitarian discourse. When Sociology was singled out as a separate discipline, it inherited metaphor as a tool of scientific analysis, which...

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Main Author: T A Maikova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2015-12-01
Series:RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics
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Online Access:http://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/7269
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spelling doaj-ab04e24c19764bb198eaeb251d85c80d2020-11-25T01:16:07ZengPeoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics2313-22992411-12362015-12-010365727268Conceptual Metaphor in Sociological TerminologyT A Maikova0Российский университет дружбы народовThe article deals with a metaphoric perspective in the study of sociological terminology. Metaphor has long been widely used in reasoning and writing within humanitarian discourse. When Sociology was singled out as a separate discipline, it inherited metaphor as a tool of scientific analysis, which made it an invaluable source of sociological terminology. The article reveals that source domains for metaphors in Sociology are found in anthropocentricity of cognition, activity-based and cultural concepts.http://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/7269терминология социологииметафораметафорическая модельметафорический перенос
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Conceptual Metaphor in Sociological Terminology
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics
терминология социологии
метафора
метафорическая модель
метафорический перенос
author_facet T A Maikova
author_sort T A Maikova
title Conceptual Metaphor in Sociological Terminology
title_short Conceptual Metaphor in Sociological Terminology
title_full Conceptual Metaphor in Sociological Terminology
title_fullStr Conceptual Metaphor in Sociological Terminology
title_full_unstemmed Conceptual Metaphor in Sociological Terminology
title_sort conceptual metaphor in sociological terminology
publisher Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University)
series RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics
issn 2313-2299
2411-1236
publishDate 2015-12-01
description The article deals with a metaphoric perspective in the study of sociological terminology. Metaphor has long been widely used in reasoning and writing within humanitarian discourse. When Sociology was singled out as a separate discipline, it inherited metaphor as a tool of scientific analysis, which made it an invaluable source of sociological terminology. The article reveals that source domains for metaphors in Sociology are found in anthropocentricity of cognition, activity-based and cultural concepts.
topic терминология социологии
метафора
метафорическая модель
метафорический перенос
url http://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/7269
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