Conceptual metaphors of sexual intercourse in Thai Yaoi fiction
This study aimed to analyze the conceptual metaphors of sexual intercourse in Thai Yaoi fiction as well as analyze the conceptual system of Thai language users from the usage of metaphors following the Cognitive Semantics guideline.
Methus Siriwat
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Unidirectionality of conceptual metaphors: A criticism based on Persian metaphors [PDF]
Conceptual Metaphor Theory was first proposed by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson in 1980 as one of the earliest theoretical frameworks of the cognitive semantics.
Raheleh Gandomkar
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Conceptual Metaphor and Creative Literary Individualism [PDF]
Are conceptual metaphors in poetry, the same metaphors we live by? This article wants to answer this question. In order to find an answer, the relation between conceptual metaphor and general culture is explained, and the position of conceptual metaphors
Seyyed AmirHossein Mortezaei +1 more
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Use of conceptual metaphor in Sam Omatseye’s “In Touch” column in The Nation Nigerian newspaper
Conceptual metaphors “are abstract structures of thought that function as a conceptual frame in terms of which single lexical items are produced and comprehended” (Muller, 2008).
Oluwadmilare Daniel Atolagbe +1 more
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Application of the Conceptual Theory of Metaphor and Metonymy to Iran's Cinema: A Case Study of "the Snow on the Pines" [PDF]
Linguistic representations of conceptual metaphors have been studied in numerous Iranian and non-Iranian researches; however, few studies have been devoted to visual representations of metaphor.
Amirsaeid Moloodi +1 more
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CONCEPTUALIZATIONS AND SCHEMATIZATIONS OF HEAD METAPHORS: A CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR THEORY
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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Conceptual Metaphors of “Harb” Verses in the Framework of the Charteris- Black Metaphor Critical Analysis Approach in order to Model Pure Life [PDF]
SUBJECT AND OBJECTIVES: Many scholars have researched “War” in the Holy Qur'an and Islam, and there is much disagreement about it. Since the Holy Qur'an is a divine book and contains valuable messages for human beings, with the help of conceptual ...
Ziba Mirsepasi (Iran) +2 more
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Conceptual Metaphors of “Selm” Verses in the Framework of the Charteris-Black Metaphor Critical Analysis Approach in order to Model Pure Life [PDF]
SUBJECT AND OBJECTIVES: The Holy Quran is a divine text and contains wise interpretations for the audience, which can be understood to some extent with the help of conceptual metaphors.
Ziba Mirsepasi (Iran) +2 more
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Conceptual Metaphors in Selected Song Lyrics of Les Misérables Original Broadway Soundtrack
In a musical drama, a good song certainly supports the performance of the musical. When writing lyrics, many songwriters use figurative language to make their songs more lively and meaningful.
Paskalina Dwi Intan Bui Lazar +1 more
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Metaphor Generation with Conceptual Mappings [PDF]
13 pages, 3 figures, to be published in the Joint Conference of the 59th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics and the 11th International Joint Conference on Natural Language Processing (ACL-IJCNLP 2021)
Kevin Stowe +4 more
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