Do You Vaccinate Your Computer? The Virus Metaphor Within the IT Sector Glossary in English and Serbian Respectively
Abstract
In this article, the author analyses conceptual computer virus metaphors in English and Serbian through describing similarities in the conceptualisation of these metaphors within both languages, and subsequent effects on the conceptualisation of malicious software terminology in both languages. The conceptual metaphor MALICIOUS COMPUTER PROGRAMME IS A BIOLOGICAL VIRUS is analysed in both languages as a frame metaphor for conceptualising computer programmes by using the domain of contagious microbiology and virusology. The process of using the productive metaphor of ‘biological virus’ for computer viruses is described through examples from Serbian and English sources showing that English as information technlogy language influenced the conceptualisation of computer virus in Serbian as well.
Downloads
Published
2015-06-30
Issue
Section
Language
License
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a CC-BY-NC license that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.