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Metaphor Study: Cognitive Linguistic Approach

Cognitive Linguistics has broadened the scope of metaphoric thinking. It has started viewing metaphor from vaious angles and provided the analysis of its occurence in various discourses.
Tretjakova, Jeļena
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COGNITIVE METAPHOR IN MODERN LINGUISTICS [PDF]

Studii si Cercetari Filologice: Seria Limbi Straine Aplicate, 2010
The article outlines the basic notions connected with cognitive metaphor which has lately undergone a thorough examination. The contribution made by linguists resulted in the rise of cognitive linguistics.
Antonina KARTASHOVA
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Metaphor in social thought [PDF]

Whereas a number of influences have directed the attention of sociologists and others towards language as a feature of social phenomena, these same influences have served to reveal wide discrepancies in the place accorded to figurative language, and to
Lambourn, David Malcolm
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Philosophical and Cognitive Aspects of Visual Metaphor in Political Discourse

RUDN Journal of Philosophy
The postmodern doctrine of the 21st century, as well as the development of technology have changed the structure and form of the text which has increasingly acquired features of polymodality.
Ekaterina L. Kabakhidze
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A linguistic study of Islamic religious discourse: conceptual metaphors in the prophetic tradition [PDF]

, 2011
PhDThis study examines the emergence of metaphorical language in the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and tradition. It principally argues that the selection of metaphors in the Prophetic discourse is chiefly governed by the rhetorical aim of persuasion ...
El-Sharif, Ahmad
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The metaphor of the face as an interface for communicating non-quantitative information [PDF]

, 2003
In this paper we propose that a metaphor can be used to represent domains that are not easily quantifiable. Formal representation of the metaphor then can be used as an interface to communicate information about those domains between the human and the ...
Sudweeks, F., Simoff, S.J.
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Metaphor, cognition and culture

Gragoatá, 2009
Neste artigo discutimos como as questões acerca do porquê usamos certas expressões convencionais podem ser respondidas a partir de um modelo de mente corpórea, cuja estrutura é moldada pela experiência do homem com seu próprio corpo e o mundo físico e cultural em que vive.
Macedo, Ana Cristina Pelosi Silva de, Farias, Emilia Maria Peixoto, Lima, Paula Lenz Costa   +2 more
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Ecclesial metaphor in the epistle to the Ephesians from the perspective of a modern theory of metaphor [PDF]

, 1995
This thesis approaches ecclesial metaphor in Ephesians from the vantage point of modern theories of metaphor from which concepts are borrowed and shaped into methods for evaluating ancient metaphor.
McVay, John Kenneth
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The metaphor of harmony in early modern knowledge organisation

Filosofický časopis
Johann Amos Comenius is often regarded as a “thinker of harmony.” He systematically implemented the metaphor of harmony into his epistemological framework to articulate the natural “consonance” of all things, emulate the divine order,
Lenka Řezníková
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Introspective data and corpus data : combination instead of confrontation in the study of German metaphorical idioms of life [PDF]

, 2010
This paper examines the applicability of the combination of data types in a study of German idioms of life with the tools of cognitive metaphor theory.
Kispál, Tamás
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