Conceptual metaphors of TIME in translation: The Seasons by Kristijonas Donelaitis
Taikomoji kalbotyra, 2014 This research focuses on conceptual TIME metaphors in Kristijonas Donelaitis’s The Seasons in order to supplement a so far scarce research in Lithuania of conceptual metaphors in translation, as time metaphors constitute fundamental aspects of culture ...
Eglė Vaivadaitė-Kaidi
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What Does it Mean Conceptually that Universities Compete? [PDF]
, 2009 This chapter asks what competition may mean for universities and other higher education institutions. The modern rhetoric states that universities compete but is hardly very precise in formulating what this entails. This chapter describes an evolutionary economics and innovation management perspective for understanding international trends and the ...
Deiaco, Enrico +2 more
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Regional Competitiveness: Some Conceptual Issues and Policy Implications [PDF]
As the notion of competitiveness itself arises many doubts regarding its meaning and interpretation, so does the notion of regional competitiveness. The important problem is that the conceptual issues related to the regional competitiveness have been ...
Dula Borozan
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Social Content of the International Sphere: Symbols and Meaning in Franco-German Relations. CES Germany & Europe Working Paper no. 02.2, 2002 [PDF]
, 2002 With respect to the particular empirical domain and historical period that this paper examines, a conceptual focus on symbols makes it possible to construct a narrative that brings together a host of symbolic Franco-German practices between the late ...
Krotz, Ulrich.
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The Search for the "Essence of Human Language" in Wittgenstein and Davidson [PDF]
This paper offers an interpretation of the later Wittgenstein's handling of the idea of an "essence of human language", and examines in particular his treatment of the 'Augustinean' vision of reference as constituting this "essence".
Bridges, Jason
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A framework for Thinking about Distributed Cognition [PDF]
, 2006 As is often the case when scientific or engineering fields emerge, new concepts are forged or old ones are adapted. When this happens, various arguments rage over what ultimately turns out to be conceptual misunderstandings.
Chicoisne, Guillaume, Poirier, Pierre
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Self transcendence concept analysis. Importance in nursing care for the elderly
Cultura de los Cuidados, 2015 Introduction: The Self-Transcendence is a connection with the being, an advance in optimizing of the human realization, on deeper contexts: the spiritual.
Raúl Fernando Guerrero Castañeda +1 more
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The Artist’s Voice and the Written Word: Language in Art from 1960 to 1975
, 2014 Between 1960 and 1975 there was an outpouring of artists writing critically in the United States, reflecting a mass desire to reclaim the voice of the artist in a critic-dominated art world.
Francisco, Emily A.
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Introduction to the Phillips Machine and the Analogue Computing Tradition in Economics [PDF]
In this paper I try to argue for the desirability of analog computation in economics from a variety of perspectives, using the example of the Phillips Machine. Ultimately, a case is made for the underpinning of both analog and digital computing theory in
K. Vela Velupillai
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Knowledge Mapping for Open Sensemaking Communities [PDF]
, 2007 By analogy to cartographic representations of spatial worlds, Knowledge Maps provide an ‘aerial view’ of a topic by highlighting key elements and connections.
Buckingham Shum, Simon, Okada, Alexandra
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