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- W2321335138 abstract "The author reviews the linguistic foundations of physics, emphasizing the usage of nouns in Indo-European languages and the role of metaphor in describing natural phenomena. The relationships of language, logic and scientific explanation are then discussed, particularly the limitations inherent in Western logic for modern physics. After exploring the metaphoric nature of terminology in physics, both classical and contemporary, she describes non-verbal metaphors in representations of physical behavior. The final sections illustrate reciprocal contributions from physics vocabulary to contemporary American English and the deployment of physics ideas and language in English prose and poetry. I. LINGUISTIC FOUNDATIONS We are what we speak: cultural differences among peoples in different regions of the world are inextricably bound to their linguistic differences. Cultures grew out of aboriginal, idiosyncratic modes of thought and communication which were, and still are, governed in essential ways by their respective language structures. The roots of thought and logic are linguistic, and thus diverse, and those diversities are reflected in the resulting systems of reasoning. Yet there is an experiential element common to all cultures, which developed from physical as well as intellectual needs, namely the search for explanations, purpose and predictability of natural phenomena and" @default.
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