Cognitive Approaches to Specialist Languages

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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

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