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Fostering improved learning about sustainability [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
University business graduates must not only understand but also be equipped to apply a sustainable thought process to today's business challenges. However, evidence suggests that standard approaches to teaching business courses have not advanced to ...
Mills, Michael, Quinn, Andrea
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Consumer Adoption of Internet of Things

open access: yesJournal 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
wiley   +1 more source

On The Gradability of Metaphor

open access: yesStudies 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
doaj   +1 more source

METAPHORICAL LANGUAGE CONSTRUCTIONS OF HORROR IN THE NOVEL DRACULA [PDF]

open access: yesHum, 2018
This paper is based on earlier studies in the area of conceptual metaphor analysis and cognitive linguistics, pointing out the metaphor as one of the most important rhetorical figures in the literary work.
Milea Ajduk Kurtović
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Energy Landscapes in Chemical Reactions and Transport

open access: yesChemPhysChem, Volume 26, Issue 6, March 15, 2025.
Kinetics/dynamics of chemical reactivity and transport of chemical species in a solid are both determined by the energy landscape in which they take place. Discussing common grounds but also distinct differences may help in advancing the understanding in both fields.
Karl‐Michael Weitzel
wiley   +1 more source

Building Big is Thinking Big: Conceptual and Linguistic Networks in Architecture and Civil Engineering [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
During the last decade, the study of metaphor in use (both written and spoken) has received considerable attention in cognitive linguistics research (Cameron and Low 1999, Deignan 2005, Steen 2007, Zanotto et al. 2008).
Roldán Riejos, Ana María
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Critical Discourse Analysis in Corporate Reports: Legitimation Strategies in the Context of Environmental Controversies

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines the use of environmental disclosure as a strategic tool to manage legitimacy crises in a mining company, adopting critical discourse analysis (CDA) as the main methodology. Focusing on a case of environmental disaster, this research reveals how corporate narratives can be manipulated to minimize responsibility and reinforce
Renata Luiza de Castilho Rossoni   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mapping metaphors of wealth and want: a digital approach [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The AHRC-funded Mapping Metaphor with the Historical Thesaurus project aims to provide data on the extent and development of metaphor across the history of English.
Alexander, Marc, Bramwell, Ellen
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Developing interactive animations as a learning tool for work integrated learning

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract The role of field education for social work students is fundamental to linking students' theory to practice. Field education refers to the practical component of educational programmes where students gain hands‐on experience in their field of study.
Amanda Gigliotti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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