The metaphorization of scientific discourse: Concepts of ‘transaction’, ‘game’, ‘theatre’ and ‘hunger’ in interactionists’ language Cover Image

Metaforyzacja dyskursu naukowego: pojęcia „transakcji”, „gry”, „teatru” i „głodu” w języku interakcjonistów
The metaphorization of scientific discourse: Concepts of ‘transaction’, ‘game’, ‘theatre’ and ‘hunger’ in interactionists’ language

Author(s): Magdalena Borysławska
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Instytut Germanistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: scientific discourse; conceptual metaphor; Critical Discourse Analysis; interactionism

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with a linguistic approach to the subject of interpersonal interactions and the use of metaphors as a rhetorical techniques in the scientific register. The aim of this text is to describe the role of conceptual metaphors in scientific texts dealing with the theory of interactionism. Within the analysis of the linguistic and stylistic layer of theoretical studies of interactionism, the author will identify analogies between the particular aspects of interactions and source domains, which affect the constitution of certain forms of social cognition and thus the construction of knowledge. The study follows the methodological approach of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA).

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 121-136
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Polish