The Metaphor of Struggle in Communication of the Evolutionary Theory
Journal Title: STYLES OF COMMUNICATION - Year 2018, Vol 10, Issue 1
Abstract
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.
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Anna Drogosz
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