The Metaphor of Struggle in Communication of the Evolutionary Theory

The Metaphor of Struggle in Communication of the Evolutionary Theory

The objective of the paper is a Conceptual Metaphor Theory analysis of the metaphor of struggle in Darwin’s theory. The study begins with a short survey of uses of the concept of “struggle for existence” predating Darwin’s book followed by a systematic analysis of linguistic manifestation of this me...

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Main Author: Anna Drogosz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Bucharest Publishing House 2018-06-01
Series:Styles of Communication
Subjects:
metaphor function
scientific discourse
Darwin
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spelling doaj-f6de4ffff68445bda054e096dec21e5b2020-11-24T23:32:43ZengUniversity of Bucharest Publishing HouseStyles of Communication2065-79432067-564X2018-06-011013649The Metaphor of Struggle in Communication of the Evolutionary TheoryAnna Drogosz0University of Warmia and Mazury, Olsztyn, PolandThe objective of the paper is a Conceptual Metaphor Theory analysis of the metaphor of struggle in Darwin’s theory. The study begins with a short survey of uses of the concept of “struggle for existence” predating Darwin’s book followed by a systematic analysis of linguistic manifestation of this metaphor in The Origin of Species. It is argued that the rich elaboration of the conceptual metaphor RELATIONSHIPS IN NATURE ARE STRUGGLES in Darwin’s theory (e.g. as war, battle, conquest, competition, race) results from multiple functions it plays in framing of the theory, that is the theory-constitutive, exegetical, catachretic, and rhetorical function. https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=sites&srcid=ZGVmYXVsdGRvbWFpbnxzdHlsZXNvZmNvbW18Z3g6M2M3ZjJjNDMxZTI4NmFiNAmetaphor functionscientific discourseDarwin
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metaphor function
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Darwin
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title The Metaphor of Struggle in Communication of the Evolutionary Theory
title_short The Metaphor of Struggle in Communication of the Evolutionary Theory
title_full The Metaphor of Struggle in Communication of the Evolutionary Theory
title_fullStr The Metaphor of Struggle in Communication of the Evolutionary Theory
title_full_unstemmed The Metaphor of Struggle in Communication of the Evolutionary Theory
title_sort metaphor of struggle in communication of the evolutionary theory
publisher University of Bucharest Publishing House
series Styles of Communication
issn 2065-7943
2067-564X
publishDate 2018-06-01
description The objective of the paper is a Conceptual Metaphor Theory analysis of the metaphor of struggle in Darwin’s theory. The study begins with a short survey of uses of the concept of “struggle for existence” predating Darwin’s book followed by a systematic analysis of linguistic manifestation of this metaphor in The Origin of Species. It is argued that the rich elaboration of the conceptual metaphor RELATIONSHIPS IN NATURE ARE STRUGGLES in Darwin’s theory (e.g. as war, battle, conquest, competition, race) results from multiple functions it plays in framing of the theory, that is the theory-constitutive, exegetical, catachretic, and rhetorical function.
topic metaphor function
scientific discourse
Darwin
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