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transLogos: Translation Studies Journal, 2022 Since the cognitive turn in metaphor studies in the late 1970s, metaphor has been seen as a cognitive phenomenon reflecting how we think, alongside its classic role as a powerful literary device.
Sui HE, Mark SHUTTLEWORTH, Caiwen WANG
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Maal og Minne, 2023 This paper studies the Old Icelandic use of the Biblical conceptual metaphor of “governing as shepherding”, based on projecting patterns of the practices of shepherding on the notion of governing.
Grzegorz Bartusik
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CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND SCHEMATIZATIONS OF HEAD METAPHORS: A CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THEORY
Eltin Journal : Journal of English Language Teaching in Indonesia, 2022 Human’s head takes the most important part in human’s part of body which leads to the frequent use of head in language uses. This study therefore aims to investigate how head is conceptualized through the use of metaphor in Corpus of Contemporary American English (COCA) and how the conceptual metaphors are projected through image schemas.
Asnita Sirait +3 more
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“Truth is like a vast tree”: Metaphor use in Gandhi’s autobiographical narration. [PDF]
, 2017 This document is the Accepted Manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in Metaphor and the Social World. To access the final edited and published work see http://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/msw.7.1.07nea.
Neary, Clara
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When to use a metaphor: metaphors in dialogical explanations with addressees of different expertise
Frontiers in Language SciencesThe present study aims to understand how metaphors are used in explanations. According to many current theories, metaphors have a conceptual function for the understanding of abstract objects.
Ingrid Scharlau +3 more
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The Puzzle of Thought Experiments in Conceptual Metaphor Research [PDF]
, 2014 How can thought experiments lead to new empirical knowledge if they do not make use of empirical information? This puzzle has been widely discussed in the philosophy of science.
Kertész, András
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CONCEPTUAL MAPPING MODEL ACROSS LANGUAGES: A TEST IN VIETNAMESE LANGUAGE
Tạp chí Khoa học Đại học Đà Lạt, 2022 The conceptual metaphor, LOVE IS A JOURNEY, has been identified as a process of mapping based on the Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) proposed by Lakoff and Johnson (1980).
Vi Thong Nguyen
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The scope and consequences of metaphoric thinking: Using individual differences in metaphor usage to understand how metaphor functions. [PDF]
, 2016 People often think, feel, and behave metaphorically according to conceptual metaphor theory. There are normative sources of support for this theory, but individual differences have received scant attention. This is surprising because people are likely to
Bair, Jessica L +4 more
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Evaluating Metaphor Reification in Tangible Interfaces [PDF]
, 2015 International audienceMetaphors are a powerful conceptual device to reason about human actions. As such, they have been heavily used in designing and describing human computer interaction. Since they can address scripted text, verbal expression, imaging,
AF Blackwell +38 more
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Multimodálne mémy a ich metaforické dimenzie [PDF]
Časopis pro Moderní FilologiiThis study explores multimodal internet memes in a Spanish-speaking context as multimodal metaphors within social media-mediated communication. Drawing on theories from cognitive linguistics, including conceptual metaphor (Lakoff and Johnson), conceptual
Róbert Čičmanec
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