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Conceptual metaphors in computer networking terminology.

In this article, the cognitive linguistic notion of conceptual metaphor (Lakoff & Johnson, 1980) is used as a basic framework for analysing and explaining the occurrence of metaphor in the terminology used by computer networking professionals in the information technology (IT) industry. An analysis...

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Published in:Southern African Linguistics & Applied Language Studies Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 177 - 186
Main Author: Lombard, Carol G.
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2005
Subjects:
Metaphor
Computer networks
Information technology
Cognitive grammar
Linguistics
Language & languages
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