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Nine issues in metaphor theory and analysis
, 2010 Starting as a review article discussing an important book on Metaphor and Corpus Linguistics, this article goes on to explore the distinctions between a) literal meaning and metaphor; b) conceptual metaphor and linguistic metaphor; c) creativity and ...
Hanks, Patrick, Patrick Hanks
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Talking the Walk: ESG Discourse as Strategic Dynamic Capability
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Conventional wisdom suggests that firms must “walk the talk” on sustainability. In turbulent institutional environments, however, talking increasingly becomes part of the walk, as organizations use sustainability discourse to construct and maintain legitimacy.
Floriana Luisi +1 more
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, 2006 Over the last years, there has been a growing interest in the analysis of advertisements from the point of view of pragmatic theory (cf. Brierley, 1995; Myers, 1994; Rein, 1982; Tanaka, 1994).
Herrero Ruiz, Javier
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Conceptual Metaphor Theory in Cognitive Linguistics
المجلة الأردنية للعلوم التطبيقية-العلوم الانسانيةThe field of linguistics has witnessed significant development, leading to the emergence of various modern disciplines and methodologies. Among these is Cognitive Linguistics, which explores the connection between cognition or knowledge and language ...
Omar Abu Rumman
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Consumer Adoption of Internet of Things
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 673-693, March 2025.ABSTRACT The Internet of Things (IoT), a pivotal technology in enhancing user connectivity, faces a paradox: its widespread potential yet limited consumer adoption. This study addresses this dichotomy by synthesizing a large‐scale meta‐analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) and hierarchical linear meta‐analysis (HiLMA) of 2736 effect sizes from ...
Wagner Junior Ladeira +6 more
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A Framework for Impression Management in Extra‐Financial Reporting
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how organisations employ impression management tactics in extra‐financial reporting, particularly in the context of environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. As stakeholder scrutiny and regulatory expectations intensify, organisations increasingly shape non‐financial disclosures to influence perceptions of ...
Laura Ribeiro +3 more
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Jurnal Iqra': Kajian Ilmu PendidikanMetaphorical competence has been recognized as essential to advanced communicative proficiency in a second language, yet Indonesian as a Foreign Language (BIPA) has remained entirely absent from this research landscape, despite rapid global growth in ...
Istiqomah Putri Lushinta +2 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Sustainable financial instruments are increasingly promoted as tools to accelerate firms' transition toward more sustainable business models. However, skepticism remains regarding their ability to generate substantive environmental outcomes.
Federica Tonnarello, Carlo Vermiglio
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Thresholds: The metaphorical foundations of powerful knowledge
The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper advances a theoretical account of threshold concepts as metaphorical‐relational structures that reorganise meaning across contexts. Building on conceptual metaphor theory, we propose that threshold concepts can be understood as sites of schema‐level reorganisation: deep, embodied patterns of relational logic that scaffold abstract ...
Maria Karrol +1 more
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, 2018 Includes bibliographical references.Intro; Attention to Metaphor; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Introduction; 1. Embodied Simulation as bodily attitude; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The problem of content; 1.2.1 Representations in ...
Steen Gerard, Cuccio Valentina
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