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| Abstract Title: | Pervasive metaphors in mathematics-in-physics: Fictive Motion and Animation of Inanimate |
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| Abstract: | We use Conceptual Blending and the Resources Framework to analyze two pervasive metaphors used in mathematics in physics contexts: Fictive Motion and Animation of the Inanimate. Fictive motion occurs when a function "gets small as you get far away". Animation of the Inanimate occurs when properties of living creatures -- such as death or growth -- are ascribed to mathematical functions. We show how these two theories explain and interpret these two pervasive metaphors in a fine-grained way using resource graphs and a multi-space blending table; we additionally discuss emergent meanings using the theories in concert. Our data are drawn from video-based classroom observations of physics faculty and upper-division students. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Ying Chen Kansas State University 116 Cardwell Hall Manhattan, KS 66506 Phone: 785 3175369 |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Eleanor C. Sayre |
