Social Science Unit, Leyte Normal University, Tacloban City 6500, Philippines.
J Public Health (Oxf). 2021 Dec 10;43(4):e753-e755. doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdab141.
Pandemic discussions employ language metaphors and metonymies to make sense of the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis. From commenting and proposing to revise terms such as social distancing, the war against the virus, to viewing mother nature as a killer, there are language reconsiderations to be made to avoid some disturbing mental imageries to picture a sustainable future. The Anthropocene geologic time and the improved environmental quality situate this backdrop. Language interventions make up as a vanishing mediation that will prompt a deeper understanding of the environment and nature as a whole.
在讨论大流行病时，人们会使用语言隐喻和转喻来理解 2019 年冠状病毒病危机。从对社会隔离、与病毒作斗争等术语的评论和提议，到将大自然视为杀手，都需要对语言进行重新考虑，以避免一些令人不安的心理意象来描绘可持续的未来。人类世地质时代和改善的环境质量构成了这一背景。语言干预构成了一种消失的中介，将促使人们更深入地理解环境和整个自然。
