Specialized Knowledge Mediation: Ontological & Metaphorical Modelling

Preface
Contents
Part I: Theory of Mediation
	Chapter 1: Focusing on Cognitive and Communicative Perspective in Specialized Knowledge Modelling Methodology
		1.1 Introduction
		1.2 “How Language Works”: Primary Approaches in Professional Discourse and Terminology Studies
		1.3 “How Language and Categorization Work” in Cognitive Studies of Specialized Discourse
		1.4 “How Language and Conceptualization Work”: The Specific Features of Knowledge Structures in a Specialized Discourse
			1.4.1 Profiling in Understanding Cognitive Mechanisms
			1.4.2 The Cognitive-onomasiological Modelling
			1.4.3 The Trajectory/Landmark Alignment
			1.4.4 Image Schemas
			1.4.5 Metaphor and Main Approaches of its Investigation in Professional Discourse
		1.5 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 2: Development of the Ontologization Theory: From Greek Philosophy to Computational Linguistics
		2.1 Introduction
		2.2 Philosophical Stage of Ontology Development
		2.3 Cognitive-linguistic Stage of Ontology Development
		2.4 Computational-linguistic Stage of Ontology Development
		2.5 Results
		2.6 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 3: LSP and Transdiscursive Knowledge Communication
		3.1 Introduction: The Concept of LSP and the Aim of this Chapter
		3.2 Specialized Communication
		3.3 Conceptualising Experts’ Knowledge in the Context of Human Actors
		3.4 Dissemination of Experts’ Knowledge in the Knowledge Communication Approach
		3.5 Strategies for Crossing Knowledge Asymmetries in Transdiscursive Knowledge Communication
		3.6 Concluding Remarks
		References
Part II: Implementation of Mediation
	Chapter 4: Critical Metaphor Analysis as a Means of (Re)construction of Knowledge Creation
		4.1 Introduction
		4.2 Basic Concepts of Knowledge Creation
		4.3 Using Critical Metaphor Analysis as a Methodological Approach to Knowledge Creation
		4.4 Research Context
		4.5 Research Methodology
		4.6 Сritical Metaphor Analysis of Russian EFL Students’ Narratives About Academic Writing
		4.7 Discussion
		4.8 Conclusions
		References
	Chapter 5: Semantic Framing for Specialized Knowledge Modelling
		5.1 Introduction
		5.2 Updated System of Semantic Roles
			5.2.1 The Actor Semantic Group
			5.2.2 The Object Semantic Group
			5.2.3 The Locative Group of Semantic Roles
			5.2.4 The Temporal Modifier Semantic Group
			5.2.5 The Qualitative Modifier Semantic Group
		5.3 Conclusion
		References
			Sources of Linguistic Data
	Chapter 6: Cognitive Aspect of Morphological Modelling
		6.1 Introduction
		6.2 Method
		6.3 Results
		6.4 Discussion
		6.5 Conclusion
		References
			Online Dictionaries
	Chapter 7: Ontologization and Term System Modelling by means of AI Methods
		7.1 Introduction: Project Description
		7.2 Methods
			7.2.1 Ontology Construction
			7.2.2 New Terms Uploading
			7.2.3 Terms’ Selection
		7.3 Ontology Visualisation
			7.3.1 Domains’ Overlapping
			7.3.2 Ontology Statistics
		7.4 Results of Automated Cognitive-linguistic Analysis
		7.5 Conclusion
		References
Part III: Application of Mediation
	Chapter 8: Issues in Translating English and Arabic Common Names of Chemical Compounds by Student-Translators in Saudi Arabia
		8.1 Introduction
		8.2 Study Samples
			8.2.1 Student Sample
			8.2.2 Sample of English and Arabic Common Names of Chemical Compounds
		8.3 Instruments
			8.3.1 The Chemical Common Names Tests
				The English Chemical Common Name Test
				The Arabic Chemical Common Name Test
			8.3.2 The Chemical Common Names Questionnaire-Survey
		8.4 Data Analysis
			8.4.1 Comparison of English and Arabic Chemical Common Names
			8.4.2 Reliability and Validity of the Arabic Translation Equivalents and Their Categories
			8.4.3 Analysis of the Students’ Responses
			8.4.4 Reliability and Validity of the Arabic and English Common Names Tests
		8.5 Results
			8.5.1 Translation Equivalence in Arabic Chemical Common Names
			8.5.2 Analysis of Students’ Responses to the English and Arabic Common Name Tests
			8.5.3 Strategies That Students Used in Translating Chemical Common Names
			8.5.4 Sources of Translation Errors
		8.6 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 9: Mediating and Transforming Knowledge in Daily Intercultural Communication: A Case of Arthurian Myth in Politics
		9.1 Introduction and Theoretical Background
		9.2 Historical Background: Arthurian Myth in Politics
		9.3 Brexit and the Press
		9.4 The First Stage of the Myth Actualisation in Media Discourse
		9.5 The Second Step of Myth Actualisation: The Image of King Arthur Coming to the Fore
		9.6 The Third Stage of Myth Actualisation: Sheer Disillusionment in the Quest
		9.7 Going Beyond the Mass Media: The Films and the Press
		9.8 The Fourth Stage: The End of the Brexit Era
		9.9 Discussion and Conclusion
		References
			Sources
	Chapter 10: Metaphors of the Troubles
		10.1 Introduction
		10.2 Methodology
		10.3 Metaphors
		10.4 Metaphors and Psychiatry Categories and Biases
		10.5 Metaphors and Type Hierarchy
		10.6 Metaphors and Mediators
		10.7 Conclusion
		References
	Chapter 11: Terminology for Cognitive Transdiscursive Mediation in American Football
		11.1 Introduction
			11.1.1 Mediation in Sports Discourse
			11.1.2 Cognitive Background of the History of American Football
		11.2 Linguistic Study of Conceptualization of American Football
		11.3 Results
		11.4 Discussion
		11.5 Conclusion
		References
Index