SIMILE AND METAPHOR IN MEDICAL ENGLISH

Abstract

In the present article, we focus on simile and explore, in the light of the Conceptual Metaphor Theory, its interconnectivity with metaphor in Medical English. Having juxtaposed simile and metaphor on the axes of truthfulness and meaning, we establish conceptual metaphor as the primordial nexus of the two. We do not attempt to deny or blur the differences between metaphors and similes as linguistic expressions; rather, we emphatically suggest that similes ought to be examined in the context of the conceptual metaphors they correspond to.