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A New Look at Chinese Network Catchphrases

open access: yesTheory and Practice in Language Studies, 2019
This paper explores how contextual factors govern the meaning making of Chinese network catchphrases. Kovecses’ context theory concerning metaphor studies is used as the theoretical framework to make a research into the metaphorical meaning making in Chinese network catchphrases.
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The Myth of “Cry Wolof”: The Wolof Provenance of African American Language

open access: yes, 2017
The term “Cry Wolof” is a disparaging catchphrase first introduced by U.S. linguist Laurence Horn as a dismissal of Wolof etymologies in African American language. The cogency of this catchphrase is largely dependent on the circa-1970s argument that the
Zola Sohna
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The catch of the day: The shortcomings of promoting sustainable seafood consumption in Peru

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice
Environmental organizations promote seafood consumption as a more sustainable alternative to other protein sources. However, the extent to which seafood consumption complies with sustainability goals remains an open question.
Daniella Biffi   +2 more
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Sustainable development: Meaning, history, principles, pillars, and implications for human action: Literature review

open access: yesCogent Social Sciences, 2019
Sustainable development (SD) has become a popular catchphrase in contemporary development discourse. However, in spite of its pervasiveness and the massive popularity it has garnered over the years, the concept still seems unclear as many people continue
Justice Mensah
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Central versus decentral energy supply strategies for industrialized countries - soft or hard energy strategies?

open access: yes, 1979
Of late, the discussion about alternative ways of securing our future energy supply has received a new impulse by the introduction of the catchphrase "soft energy". This catchphrase is exemplary for widely-applied socio-political criticism of the general
Voß, Alfred   +4 more
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Multilateralism and world order

open access: yes, 1992
‘World order’ has become a current catchphrase of political discourse and journalism. ‘Multilateralism’ has become something of a growth sector in academic studies.
Robert W. Cox
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From social to intangible remittances: toward a comprehensive framework of remittances

open access: yesComparative Migration Studies
Levitt’s ground-breaking concept of social remittances has inspired many empirical studies in migration research, yet its theoretical underpinnings remain relatively underdeveloped.
Janine Isabelle Pinkow-Läpple   +1 more
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A Study on the Network Catchphrases from the Perspective of Memetics

open access: yesJournal of Language Teaching and Research, 2019
Memetics is a new theory in linguistic research. It was put forward by Richard Dawkins in order to explain cultural evolutionism. Meme refers to imitation, replication and propagation, which plays an important role in language and cultural development. Memetics has already attracted many scholars’ attentions and has become more and more popular.
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Employee Uncovers Sign, First Florida Bank Event

open access: yes, 1986
An employee removes a cloth bag over a sign for First Florida Bank that says Florida is Our Middle Name at a company event in the Florida State Conference Center.
Gandy, George Skip, IV
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