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Bruk av metaforer om kjemiske bindinger i kreativ skriving

open access: yesNordina: Nordic Studies in Science Education, 2017
The basis for this study is to use students' creative texts in science as a mean to gain insight into their conceptual ideas. Eight grade students' creative writing tasks (n = 26) were analyzed with respect to the conceptual metaphors that were used to ...
Anne Holt, Anne Bergliot Øyehaug
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The metaphorical construction of complex domains : the case of speech activity in English. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In this article I provide an account of the way in which the domain of spoken communication is metaphorically constructed in English, on the basis of the analysis of over 450 metaphorical references to speech activity in a corpus of contemporary written ...
Semino, Elena
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Conceptual metaphors in North African French-speaking news discourse about COVID-19

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2022
Conceptual metaphors have received much attention in research on discourse about infectious diseases in recent years. Most studies found that conceptual metaphors of war dominate media discourse about disease. Similarly, a great deal of research has been
Hicham Lahlou, Hajar Abdul Rahim
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The Analysis of Metaphors of Saadi’s Boostan Based on Conceptual Blending Theory [PDF]

open access: yes̒Ilm-i Zabān, 2020
The aim of the present study study is to describe and analyze the conceptual domains used in metaphors of Saadi’s Boostan based on conceptual blending theory as presented by Fauconnier and Turner (1998, 2002).
Abbas Ali Ahangar   +2 more
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Metaphor and bilingual cognition : the case of Akan and English in Ghana [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This study employs a cognitive linguistics approach, conceptual metaphor theory (CMT) to investigate bilingual conceptual representation. The study analyses the metaphorical and metonymic expressions commonly used among Akan-English bilinguals in Ghana ...
Koller, Veronika   +2 more
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Conceptual Metaphor “Media is Fire”

open access: yesProceedings of the AsiaCALL International Conference, 2023
This study aims to explore the metaphorical concept of "MEDIA AS FIRE" in both Vietnamese and English from the perspective of Cognitive Linguistics. This research utilizes the Metaphor Identification Procedure of the Pragglejaz Group (2007), in conjunction with descriptive approaches, statistical analysis, and classification strategies, to scrutinize ...
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Conceptual Metaphors in Climate Change Discourse in the Speeches of African Vs. European Political Leaders: A Cognitive Approach [PDF]

open access: yesTranscultural Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2022
This study investigates the conceptual metaphors employed by both African and European political leaders to conceptualize the process of facing climate change and reaching the goal of biodiversity in their speeches during the 26th UN Climate Change ...
Mervat Ahmed
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Conceptual Metaphor in Everyday Language [PDF]

open access: yesThe Journal of Philosophy, 1980
THE ‘lOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY FOUNDEI) BY FREDERICK J. E. WOODBRIDGE AND WENDELL '1'. EUSH Editors: john H. Randall, jr. (honorary) and Herbert W. Schneider (honorary), Bernard Berofsky. Arthur C. Danto, Sidney Morgenbesser, Charles D. Parsons, James ]. Walsh. Consulting Editors: James Higginbotham and Isaac Levi. Managing Editor: Leigh 8. Cauman.
Lakoff, George, Johnson, Mark
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An Investigation into the Equivalence of Conceptual Metaphors in the Sahifa Sajjadiyya within the Framework of Source-Oriented and Target-Oriented Approaches (A Case Study: Translations by Ansarian and Ayati) [PDF]

open access: yesپژوهش‌های ترجمه در زبان و ادبیات عربی
The concept of conceptual metaphor is a relatively recent and emerging term in cognitive linguistics, which enables the understanding of one conceptual domain through another.
Parasto Momeni   +2 more
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Conceptual Metaphor in Kahitna’s Song Lyrics

open access: yesNobel: Journal of Literature and Language Teaching, 2021
Every song has lyrics and every lyric undeniably contains one or two messages or ideas that a songwriter wants to express. That being said, songwriters usually use conceptual metaphors to make their songs aesthetically audible and emotionally evoking to ...
Raudlotul Jannah, Khusnul Istiqomah
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