LINGUOCOGNITIVE ASPECT OF METAPHORIZATION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TERMINOLOGУ OF BIOTECHNOLOGY SPHERE
LINGUOCOGNITIVE ASPECT OF METAPHORIZATION IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE TERMINOLOGУ OF BIOTECHNOLOGY SPHERE

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the cognitive mechanisms of metaphorization in biotechnological terminology of the English language. Metaphorical nominations preserve the consistency laid down in the terminology during its construction and based on the classifications that have developed in this field of knowledge, and also introduce their consistency into the terminology system. In terms of the theory of conceptual metaphor, the main donor zones have been indentified within terminology under consideration. Donor zones are viewed as source of metaphorical nominations of biotechnological terms. The main categories of varieties of metaphorization of the studied biotechnological terminology are analyzed. The author examines the definitions of the studied biotechnology terms, simultaneously distinguishes the lexical meanings of source-words and their semantic components involved in the transmission of meaning. It is concluded that the processes of metaphorization have demonstrated extraordinary activity in terminology, being based on the use of signs of some subject spheres to refer to others.

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