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Ontological Metaphors in Selected Songs of MLTR’s Greatest Hits Album: A Cognitive Semantic Study
This study aimed to classify ontological metaphors and interpret the conceptual mappings found in four selected songs by Michael Learns to Rock (MLTR) from their Greatest Hits album.
Nehemia Anugrah Parasian
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Do Linking‐Expression Substitutions Mitigate Deterministic Interpretations of Genetic Information?
ABSTRACT It is a common concern that broader audiences interpret scientific information about the genetic correlates and causes of complex human traits in an overly deterministic manner. A frequently proposed way to address this issue is to carefully select the linking expressions used to describe gene–trait relationships when communicating genetic ...
Riin Kõiv
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Conceptual Metaphors as Methods of World Explanation [PDF]
This article covers conceptual metaphor studies and explains how metaphors influence on our world-perception. It describes three types of conceptual metaphors according to George Lakoff and Mark Johnson's theory: orientational, ontological and structural.
Милькова, Н. В. +3 more
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CONCEPTUAL METAPHORS IN TONY BLAIR’S POLITICAL DISCOURSE (1998–2006)
This article is aimed to describe linguistic metaphors and to reconstruct the conceptual metaphors which determine the origin of these linguistic metaphors in Tony Blair’s political discourse. Political discourse is an object of discourse analysis, which
Linkevičiūtė, Vilma; Vilnius University
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Ameliorating Linguistic Anchors of Oppression
ABSTRACT The words we use to represent the world shape how we interpret and respond to it; language frames what it represents. In some cases, these frames can have prejudicial effects; for example, ‘workplace flirting’ versus ‘sexual harassment’. This article examines how specific words and phrases (i.e.
Emilia L. Wilson
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Conceptual metaphors of Inari Saami
This study discusses the conceptual metaphors of Inari Saami, an endangered, indigenous, Finno-Ugrian language spoken in northern Finland. The research focuses on systematical mappings between source and target domains in conventional Inari Saami ...
Idström, Anna
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Processing conceptual metaphors in on-going discourse
In this study, we investigate whether or not conceptual mappings are accessed and used in on-going discourse when people process conceptual metaphors. In particular, we postulate that the conflicting results of previous studies (Nayak & Gibbs, 1990 ...
Kathleen Ahrens, Shu-ping Gong
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Understanding Autistic Young Adults' Perceptions and Experiences of Traumatic and Stressful Events
ABSTRACT Objectives The aim of this study was to explore how young autistic adults experience and respond to stressful life events, and the relationship between autistic characteristics and symptoms of stress associated with these events. Methods Using an exploratory sequential mixed‐methods approach, an online qualitative survey was first administered
Alliyza Lim, Robyn L. Young
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Несмотря на то что механизм метафорического моделирования действительности посредством концептуальных метафор был описан представителями когнитивной семантики, по-прежнему не ясно, используют ли люди разных национальностей одни и те же или разные метафоры для концептуализации Интернета. Цель данной статьи – выявить и описать ключевые метафоры Интернета,
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Seeing the Dao: conceptual metaphors and the philosophy of religion
This article suggests that different philosophical traditions have developed and matured around particular conceptual metaphors. It proposes that conceptual metaphor theory provides a useful tool with which to think about different world philosophical ...
VICTORIA S. HARRISON +1 more
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