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Thresholds: The metaphorical foundations of powerful knowledge

open access: yesThe 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
wiley   +1 more source

Introspective data and corpus data : combination instead of confrontation in the study of German metaphorical idioms of life [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
This paper examines the applicability of the combination of data types in a study of German idioms of life with the tools of cognitive metaphor theory.
Kispál, Tamás
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Assessing interdisciplinary understanding: Disciplinary crossroads in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Assessing interdisciplinary learning within school curricula remains a persistent challenge in educational research. Difficulties in articulating shared assessment criteria, alongside differing disciplinary and pedagogical perspectives, have contributed to ongoing uncertainty around how interdisciplinary learning should be evaluated.
Hermione Paddle
wiley   +1 more source

Attention to metaphor: from neurons to representations Metaphor in language, cognition, and communication ;, 7./ Valentina Cuccio, University of Palermo ; with a contribution by Gerard Steen, University of Amsterdam.

open access: yes, 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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A Cognitive -Semantic Study of Love Metaphor in Mawlawi Poems

open access: yesZanco Journal of Humanity Sciences
This study is entitled "A Cognitive Semantic Study of Love Metaphor in Mawlawi Poems". It is an attempt to construe the semantic aspects of Mawlawi's poetic texts in light of the cognitive semantic approach. The study, through a linguistic and cognitive
Karzan Abdullah Jezhny
doaj   +1 more source

Metaphor is conflational, not conceptual: rectifying the central error of conceptual metaphor theory

open access: yesCognitive Semiotics
Abstract I present a critique of a central claim of Conceptual Metaphor Theory, namely, that metaphor is a conceptual form of thought. Metaphor is deeply cognitive, I argue, but it is not based on concepts. Instead, metaphor rests on the conflation of things, thinking of one thing as another, a cognitive act which
openaire   +1 more source

Public Opinion About Community Participation in Natural Resources Governance: A Population Survey in Indonesia and Malaysia

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The international conservation and natural resources communities have increasingly embraced the principle of community participation. This rhetoric around participation has gained power and influence in setting countries' agendas for natural resources governance, largely without a sound understanding of public opinion on the issues.
Rachel S. Friedman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Civil Society Advocacy and Climate Change in Kenya: The Question of “Local Voices” and Their “Amplification”

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The role of civil society organizations (CSOs) in addressing climate change is acknowledged, but engagement with questions of voice remains limited, especially in the Global South. Addressing this, this paper zooms in on (International) nongovernmental organizations ((I)NGOs) and their collaborations with domestic CSOs in the Global South on ...
Margit van Wessel, Precious Akampurira
wiley   +1 more source

Community as Medicine: A Qualitative Exploration of Meaningful Social Support and Health for Trans‐ and Gender‐Diverse People in England

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Social Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The poor mental and physical health of trans‐ and gender‐diverse (TGD) young people is well established and commonly attributed to gender minority stress. Although recent research has shown that social support can mitigate these effects, less attention has been paid to the psychological processes through which this occurs.
Chase Staras   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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