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Publication details [#6255]
Jäkel, Olaf. 1996. Metaphorical scenarios of 'science' In Pütz, Martin and René Dirven. The Construal of Space in Language and Thought (Cognitive Linguistics Research 8). Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter . pp. 649–678. 30 pp.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
Berlin: Mouton De Gruyter
Abstract
An abstract domain - metaphorically conceptualized in terms of more concrete domains - is examined in Olaf Jäkel's paper entitled "Metaphorical scenarios of science". Within a cognitive theory of metaphor, Jäkel seeks to investigate metaphors as observed in a highly abstract domain such as the discourse of science. Jäkel is mainly interested in the whole conceptual domain of science as it is organized by a scenario which consists of several elements such as nature, a scientist, methods, theories, and scientific progress. Jäkel assumes that this generalized science-scenario "includes all the ingredients necessary for a fully-fledged conceptualization of science."
(Martin Pütz)