The language of chemistry: A study of English chemical vocabulary

• Authors: Włoch Joanna

Title variants

FR

Langage de la chimie: étude du vocabulaire chimique anglais

PL

Język chemiczny: Analiza angielskiego słownictwa chemicznego

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The study of words and phrases, their etymologies and metaphorical processes that have shaped the language of chemistry as it is known today may convey a great deal of information about this scientific discipline. The analysis of scientific language may include a large number of different aspects. In this paper, the word-formation processes that are involved in the formation of scientific, and also chemical, terminology as well as the presence of metaphors and metonymy in scientific language are described. Before demonstrating the outcomes of these processes, a brief outline concerning the nature of scientific naming will be provided.

FR

Analyser des mots et des expressions, découvrir leur étymologie et examiner les expressions métaphoriques présentes dans le langage de la chimie actuel, tout cela fournit beaucoup d’information sur cette discipline scientifique. Le langage scientifique peut être analysé de plusieurs manières. Dans l’article qui suit, nous avons décrit les processus de formation des mots responsables de la création de la terminologie chimique et les métaphores, ainsi que les métonymies, présentes dans le langage scientifique.

PL

Analiza słów i zwrotów, odkrywanie ich etymologii oraz badanie wyrażeń metaforycznych, obecnych w dzisiejszym języku chemicznym, dostarczają wielu informacji na temat tej dyscypliny naukowej. Język naukowy można analizować na różne sposoby. W artykule tym zostały opisane procesy słowotwórcze odpowiedzialne za tworzenie terminologii chemicznej, oraz metafory i metonimie występujące w języku naukowym.

Keywords

EN

chemistry; science; word-formation; metaphor; metonymy

FR

chimie; langage scientifique; formation des mots; métaphore,; métonymie

PL

chemia; język naukowy; słowotwórstwo; metafora; metonimia

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Gdański
• Journal: Beyond Philology: An International Journal of Linguistics, Literary Studies and English Language Teaching
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 77-106

Contributors

author

Włoch Joanna

• Uniwersytet Gdański, Poland

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Identifiers

ISSN

1732-1220

ISSN

2451-1498