Metaphor In The Scientific Discourse

Abdulhairova Firuza Invarovna

Abstract


There was investigated the role of metaphor in the scientific discourse. The possibility to get clear and laconic information with metaphoric transfer was studied.

The goal of this article was to determine the features of the metaphors in the scientific style texts.

The scientific novelty was to determine the role of metaphor in the scientific texts and the possibility its use as a scientific term.

Conclusion: 1) metaphor is an integral part of the scientific style texts and terminology systems of science, 2) it is an instrument of enrichment of the scientific language (the appearance of new terms, etc.), 3) almost all types of metaphor and metaphorical transfer are represented in the scientific style texts, 4) the evaluative-expressive metaphors are completely absent in the scientific texts, 5) figurative metaphors are used to convey scientific information in a more accessible and easy-to-understand form, 6) metaphor serves as a vector for the further development of scientific knowledge.


Keywords


Metaphor, Scientific Discourse, Anthropocentrism, Scientific Knowledge, Semantics.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.52155/ijpsat.v25.1.2773

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