Publications

Publication details [#13182]

Pauwels, Eleonore. 2013. "Communication: Mind the Metaphor". Nature 500 : 523–524. 2 pp.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conceptual boundaries | metaphor | psychology | technology

Place, Publisher

Macmillan Publishers Limited

ISBN

14764687

Abstract

Metaphorical language is helpful to bridge conceptual boundaries and explain one domain by means of another, but in technology sometimes can also lead to some problems, as shown by the spread of engineering talk in biology.