English has a large number of metaphors equating war, fighting, and
militaristic terminology with other areas of life that have nothing to do
with war, such as the expression "bombing out on an exam," or "making
a killing in the stock market," showing that Americans tend to look at
life in terms of conflict and winning, and exemplifying how established
terminologies tend to perpetuate and reflect the worldview of groups
and people. This is an illustration of the basic concept of.
O ethnolinguistics.
O ethnocentrism.
○ ethnology.
○ ethnography.
