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On The Gradability of Metaphor

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
My purpose in this paper is to demonstrate that metaphor should be viewed as a gradable conceptual phenomenon, and to elucidate further the notion of minimal metaphoric mapping between subordinate level concepts dominated by the same basic level category,
Bierwiaczonek Bogusław
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Teacher confidence and student engagement with mental health and wellbeing lessons: Learning from an iterative curriculum intervention in schools

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The mental health and wellbeing of young people has received increasing attention in both research and the wider public discourse. There has been a marked rise in mental health conditions in young people, and the burden of care is increasingly transferred onto schools and teachers.
Thomas Godfrey‐Faussett, Naomi French, Abbie Simpkin, Julian Turner, Tracey Riseborough, Natalie Coles, Ian Thompson   +6 more
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A metaphorical characterization of D.J. Opperman's Komas uit 'n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor [PDF]

, 2009
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-198).Similar to previous academic papers on the topic of relevance, this dissertation too responds to specific claims proposed by relevance theory.
Van Rooyen, Ian William
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A cultural cognitive study of EARTH metaphors in Chinese and English idioms

Cogent Arts & Humanities
This study provides a comparative analysis of EARTH metaphors in Chinese and English idioms from a cultural cognitive perspective. Using a corpus-based approach, it explores the similarities and differences in the metaphorical uses of EARTH across the ...
Chuanhong Chen
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‘Self’ and ‘othering’ as a byproduct of large‐scale assessment: An investigation into the Gaokao retake policy

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While Gaokao, the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE), has been extensively discussed outside the Chinese academic circle, the retake policy of the test has not received much attention. Moreover, Gaokao research in China has predominantly examined the effectiveness of the retake decision in relation to students' demographic ...
Yifeng Cheng, M. Obaidul Hamid
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Stereotypical Metaphor: A Missing Piece in Conceptual Metaphor Theory

Studies in Logic, Grammar and Rhetoric
The paper argues for a new kind of metaphors referred to as stereotypical metaphors. They are assumed to be stereotype-based metaphors, in that they arise from stereotypical thoughts speakers within a speech community attach to concepts.
Lemghari El Mustapha
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What is a curriculum for life? Using youth participatory action research and applied arts to understand and amplify undergraduate students', children's and young people's mental health and wellbeing recommendations for education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Mental health is a critical issue globally, with young people being one of the most affected groups. Young people have campaigned vehemently for a ‘curriculum for life,’ arguing that their education is failing to meet their needs (British Council, 2022).
Lisa Stephenson, Helen Young
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Conceptual Metaphor and its Functions in the Religious Texts; A linguistic Approach to Metaphor. [In Persian]

آموزش زبان، ادبیات و زبانشناسی, 2019
Conceptual metaphor is an important theory in linguistics. Unlike traditional metaphor, conceptual metaphor not only has an aesthetic structure as a merely linguistic property, but is also considered as a cognitive phenomenon based on thinking and ...
Shima Hamidi
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Knowing education in Thailand like a global expert organisation: Politics, context and data

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Global expert organisations play increasingly significant roles in the way that education is understood and governed internationally, including by influencing the discourses through which education is conceptualised and shaping norms of what counts as success, failure, progress and the most desirable visions for the future.
Steve Puttick, Chris Atkin, Wayne Dyble, Nick Gee, Ami Montgomery, Chawin Pongpajon, Waewalee Waewchimplee   +6 more
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Observations on Language - Grammar Metaphors and Thinking Patterns

Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih-Coğrafya Fakültesi Dergisi, 2017
According to the Conceptual Metaphor Theory the thinking processes rely on metaphors. Conceptual metaphor includes a comprehension of one experience domain through different experience domains. Accordingly, conceptual metaphors are perceived as a mapping
Dilek PEÇENEK
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