Professional paper

Croatian equivalents of English metaphors in dictionaries of electronics

Anuška Štambuk orcid.org/0000-0001-7696-8606 ; Fakultet elektrotehnike, strojarstva i brodogradnje u Splitu, Split

Abstract

In the process of conceptualization and naming of scientific experience metaphors play an important role of connecting different conceptual domains with the aim of formulating, understanding and communicating the complex scientific knowledge.
The article compares the metaphorical models on two sides of dictionary entries in English-Croatian Dictionaries of Electronics in order to compare the conceptual organization of the two languages on this level. Patterns of parallel and divergent metaphorical mappings are analyzed. Conceptualization differences in the two terminological systems are explained in terms of linguistic, cognitive and cultural differences of the two language communities.

Keywords

metaphorical conceptualization; electronics terminology; dictionary

Hrčak ID:

173313

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/173313

Publication date:

20.5.2002.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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