Metaphoric Transfer in Term Formation: Exploring Anthropomorphic and NonAnthropomorphic Models in Military Symbolic Language

Abstract

The authors examined the nature of metaphoric transfer in military terminology, explicitly focusing on anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic models. The aim of the research is to classify and identify metaphoric models produced by metaphoric transfer while investigating the basis used to enable this process and its influence on the final meaning of the new metaphoric terms inside the military domain. The study aims to classify and identify metaphoric models resulting from metaphoric transfer, while also examining the basis that enables this process and its influence on the final meaning of new metaphorical terms within the military domain. Proper interpretation and understanding of military metaphorical language are crucial for improving the cognitive perception of new military terms emerging through metaphorical transfer among a wide audience, including both military experts and wider audience. The analysis showed that anthropomorphic models are more common than non-anthropomorphic ones, due to the greater importance and frequency of humanrelated objects in everyday life. The results obtained from the study can provide a foundation for undertaking further research about the functioning of metaphoric transfer and the division between anthropomorphic and non-anthropomorphic models in other specialized terminological fields.