Conceptual metaphor in the English-speaking medical discourse

Authors

  • Юлія Валеріївна Бережанська , ,

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31812/filstd.v9i1.569

Keywords:

conceptual metaphor, medical discourse, allergology, immunology

Abstract

The article examines the recommendations and guidelines for allergy and asthma treatment of European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI). The analyzed texts reveal the productive functioning of the metaphorical model TREATING ILLNESS IS FIGHTING A WAR which in turn falls into a number of derivative conceptual metaphors.

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Published

2013-10-16

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Linguistics and poetics of the text

How to Cite

Conceptual metaphor in the English-speaking medical discourse. (2013). Philological Studies: Scientific Bulletin of Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, 9(1), 479-484. https://doi.org/10.31812/filstd.v9i1.569