Metaphors in Medical Texts

Geraldine W. van Rijn-van Tongeren

1997년 1월 · Utrecht Studies in Language and Communication 8권 · Rodopi

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This book claims that metaphors must be seen as indispensable cognitive and communicative instruments in medical science. Analysis of texts taken from recently published medical handbooks reveals what kind of metaphors are used to structure certain medical concepts and what the functions are of the metaphorical expressions in the text. (Jean-Claude Susini).