Naslov
Doughnuts, spiders and stars: Analysis of English graphical representations' names

Autori
Omrčen, Darija

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Knjižica sažetaka - XXXI. međunarodni znanstveni skup 'Jezik i njegovi učinci' / 31st interntional conference 'Language and its effects' / Stolac, D. ; Vlasteli, A. - Rijeka : HDPL / CALS, 2017, 70-70

ISBN
978-953-7963-59-0

Skup
XXXI. međunarodni znanstveni skup 'Jezik i njegovi učinci' / 31st interntional conference 'Language and its effects'

Mjesto i datum
Rijeka, Hrvatska, 04.05.2017. - 06.05.2017

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Graphical representations ; names, English

Sažetak
The variety of visuals used by researchers to present data sets has increased significantly in recent years to create an array of graphical representations and subsequently their names. For the purpose of this research it was hypothesized that the naming of graphical representations abides by certain principles. Hence, the aim of this research was to identify the ways of naming notational graphical representations in the English language, and to discuss relationships between graphical representations as physical constructs on the one hand and their names on the other. To realize the research aim, a sample of 235 English names of graphical representations used to organize and present various types of data—qualitative and quantitative alike—in a systematic form was collected. Analysis has shown that the graphical representations' names could be categorized into: i) names containing an anthroponym, i.e. a surname of a graphical representation's inventor, ii) names that depict likeness of graphical representations either to shapes or to natural and manufactured objects from the physical world, iii) names that express a structure, a process or an operation of concepts or of real objects presented by a graphical representation, and iv) names that contain a term reduction. Further, the yielded results have demonstrated that likeness was a dominant naming principle which has then been analysed in more detail as regards the selection of words metaphorically used in the graphical representations' names (e.g., words designating various types of food, celestial bodies, etc.). Since metaphors imply similarity, metaphoricity of graphical representations' names ultimately served to juxtapose the principle of likeness in designating graphical representations to 'resemblance fallacy' (a term used by Scaife & Rogers, 1996), a notion according to which graphical representations portray the observable world.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija

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