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Part IV. Language of Law
Chapter Seven .......................................................................................... 150
A Cognitive Linguistics Approach to Plain Language Translations
of American Divorce Law
Charles R. Dyer
Chapter Eight ........................................................................................... 185
Towards a Cognitive Linguistics Account of a Terminological Database:
The Case of Legal Language
Edyta WiĊcáawska
Part V. Language of Aviation
Chapter Nine ............................................................................................ 202
‘PLANES ARE BIRDS’ Metaphor: A Cognitively Oriented Study
of Aviation Vocabulary
Beata Kopecka
Chapter Ten ............................................................................................. 214
Aviation Radiotelephony Discourse: An Issue of Safety
Olena Petrashchuk
Part VI. Technical Language
Chapter Eleven ........................................................................................ 234
Specialist Vocabulary: Cognitively Motivated Onomasiology behind
English Computer Hardware and Software Terminology
Piotr Cymbalista
Chapter Twelve ....................................................................................... 263
Metaphor in Terminology: A Case Study of Human Body Terms
in the Domain of Heavy Machinery
Ivana Králiková and Wei-lun Lu
Part VII. Metaphors in Billboards and Headlines
Chapter Thirteen ...................................................................................... 274
A Cognitive Linguistics Analysis of Baby-Boom Promoting Billboards
in Iran
Mohsen Bakhtiar