Author:
Dragica Bukovčan
Email:
dbukovca@fkz.hr
Summary
The paper presents the results of a functional comparative analysis of selected LSP phrasemes
and metaphors in English, German and Croatian. A qualitative small scale research was conducted
with the purpose of exploring the variety of figurative language in three different disciplines
(medicine, economy and law) across languages and cultures and the goal was to confirm the
claimed universality and complexity of LSP phraseology in general. Our research has also revealed
that the variety of metaphorical concepts and mappings are culturally embedded and influenced
by traditional roots which might lead to miscommunication in professional environment and
cause misunderstandings at all levels of technical communication. This phenomenon should be
explored further in a large scale study focused on the particularities of LSP phraseology and
metaphorology.
Key words
metaphors and phrasemes in LSP; LSP communication; functional
comparative analysis
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