De la métaphore dans la langue informatique
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2003
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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On metaphor in the language of information science
Abstract
The French of information science is a variant of a lively general language submitted to constant
changes. In order to bring closer, better understand and get acqainted with the technical terms either
names of equipment, programmes, or situations peculiar to computer reality, the user refers to everyday
life (e.g. passerelle, English gateway; souris, English mouse) or to universal or mythological concepts
(e.g. argonautes - internautes) thanks to the phenomenon of metaphor. It sometimes happens that the
original concept, which served as a basis for the creation of a metaphor, is obliterated memory and
computer users apply a new term being unaware of its origin. Just in this way during metaphoric
operations totally new words are formed and they influence the specific character of the language of
information science.
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Language of information science, Metaphor
Citation
Studia Romanica Posnaniensia, 2003, vol. 30, pp. 131-141
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83-232-1270-8