"Employing metaphor in constructing specialized language: The case of the plant domain as a model."

Abstract

Abstract This research aims at highlighting how to use metaphor in science and revealing the importance of moral generation in constructing special language. It shows how to make use of metaphor in generating the scientific terminology in general and the plant field in particular. This research is based on the study of term blogging of four vegetarian dictionaries, in order to identify ways of employing metaphorical structures in generating vegetarian terminology and show the role of relationship of likeness in creating different labels for plants and herbs. It underlines the convergence in shape between human beings or animals and the different existing