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October 11, 2025Culture and Text

Metaphors of Life and Chemistry in Conceptualising Money: The “Litmus Test” of Economic Reality

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IKI. V. Kanel

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Analysis of metaphors like money as a 'litmus test' in Russian linguoculture suggests new cognitive insights.

Key Points

  • The study reveals how metaphors simplify complex economic processes and shape our understanding of money.
  • Using the National Corpus of the Russian Language, it highlights the hybrid characteristics of money as both resource and catalyst.
  • Emphasizing Russian linguoculture, the analysis illustrates money's association with natural resources and living organisms.
  • Biological and chemical metaphors are found crucial in conceptualizing economic reality and influencing perceptions.

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I. V. Kanel (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e9b2e4ba7d64b6fc1330e4https://doi.org/10.37386/2305-4077-2025-3-190-199
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