A Metaphoric Nexus of Terms in Neuroanatomy
This article offers an overview on the usage of technological metaphors in medicine, and in Neuroanatomy in particular. Exploring major technological metaphors surrounding human brain and nervous system, the paper aims at illustrating the cognitive functions these metaphors have in communicating cl...
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doaj-68762975732446389aded7c8044e84d82021-09-24T09:17:20ZengYerevan State UniversityArmenian Folia Anglistika1829-24292579-30392015-04-01111 (13)10.46991/AFA/2015.11.1.050A Metaphoric Nexus of Terms in NeuroanatomyAlina Petrosyan0Chair of English Lexicology and Stylistics, Yerevan Brusov State University of Languages and Social Sciences This article offers an overview on the usage of technological metaphors in medicine, and in Neuroanatomy in particular. Exploring major technological metaphors surrounding human brain and nervous system, the paper aims at illustrating the cognitive functions these metaphors have in communicating clinical phenomena and pathologies. The neuroanatomical section in the “Gray’s Anatomy” – the clinical Bible of medicine – has served a major reference point for the analysis of metaphors. https://journals.ysu.am/index.php/arm-fol-angl/article/view/4652metaphorcognitive valuemedicinetechnologyNeuroanatomy |
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A Metaphoric Nexus of Terms in Neuroanatomy |
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Yerevan State University |
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Armenian Folia Anglistika |
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This article offers an overview on the usage of technological metaphors in medicine, and in Neuroanatomy in particular. Exploring major technological metaphors surrounding human brain and nervous system, the paper aims at illustrating the cognitive functions these metaphors have in communicating clinical phenomena and pathologies. The neuroanatomical section in the “Gray’s Anatomy” – the clinical Bible of medicine – has served a major reference point for the analysis of metaphors.
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