Aspects of Metaphor in Physics : Examples and Case Studies.

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Author / Creator:	Pulaczewska, Hanna.
Imprint:	Berlin : De Gruyter, 1999.
Description:	1 online resource (312 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Linguistische Arbeiten ; v. 407 Linguistische Arbeiten.
Subject:	Metaphor. Physics -- Language. Science -- Language. Metaphor. Physics -- Language. Science -- Language.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12389389

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ISBN:	9783110915938 3110915936
Notes:	Print version record.
Summary:	For decades there has been awareness of the fact that the natural sciences and the language they use are not metaphor-free domains. This study draws together statements on this phenomenon made in a discourse context hitherto dominated by theoreticians and philosophers of science and points up new perspectives of an interdisciplinary nature discussed here primarily from the viewpoint of cognitive semantics. How do metaphors enter into a discourse with physics? To what extent are the methods used and the issues addressed in physics influenced by metaphors? How do the ubiquitous metaphors of ever.
Other form:	Print version: 9783484304079

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