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Unearthing the Power of Metaphors: How German Campaigns Craft Catchy Trash Slogans

open access: yesStudien zur Deutschen Sprache und Literatur
Discussions about using metaphors in public spaces are always intriguing and have been widely explored, especially in advertising. However, few scholars have examined metaphors and their relevance to the environment, even though it is closely linked to ...
Lilis Afifah   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geometry & Mechanism: Material Metaphors and the Force of Uncertainty in Legal Thought

open access: yes, 2018
This essay takes up the metaphors through which realists and Critical Legal Studies scholars created an idea of legal formalism. These insistently material metaphors emphasized that the errors of so-called formalist jurisprudence arose from two things ...
Huerta, Monica
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Values education through the pursuit of knowledge; the significance of metaphor for key stage two children, with particular emphasis on religious education [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
The first section of the thesis provides an investigation of the theoretical background which has been influential for theories concerning the nature of childhood and the role of metaphor in the communication process.
Ashton, Elizabeth, Aston, E.
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Consumer Adoption of Internet of Things

open access: yesJournal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 673-693, March 2025.
ABSTRACT The Internet of Things (IoT), a pivotal technology in enhancing user connectivity, faces a paradox: its widespread potential yet limited consumer adoption. This study addresses this dichotomy by synthesizing a large‐scale meta‐analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) and hierarchical linear meta‐analysis (HiLMA) of 2736 effect sizes from ...
Wagner Junior Ladeira   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

The construction of anti-pandemic image: a semiotic study of the role metaphors play in pandemic discourse in China

open access: yesLanguage and Semiotic Studies
The pandemic has attracted extensive media attention around the world. In reports on the pandemic, metaphors are widely used to frame pandemic events through cross-domain mappings. Based on critical metaphor analysis, this study examines the metaphors in
Li Ke, Wang Yanyu, Li Shukang
doaj   +1 more source

Being Critical About Metaphor

open access: yes, 2009
Metaphor has long been a focus of linguistic study as it entertains us with descriptive and imaginative associations between dissimilar entities of thought and practice. However, the work of Lakoff and Johnson (1980, 2003) showed that there was much more
Daniel Rolf (14748223)
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Energy Landscapes in Chemical Reactions and Transport

open access: yesChemPhysChem, Volume 26, Issue 6, March 15, 2025.
Kinetics/dynamics of chemical reactivity and transport of chemical species in a solid are both determined by the energy landscape in which they take place. Discussing common grounds but also distinct differences may help in advancing the understanding in both fields.
Karl‐Michael Weitzel
wiley   +1 more source

Political cartoon as a tool for criticism

open access: yesThe European Journal of Humour Research
This study analyses the visual representations of the steer metaphor employed by Dr. Bawumia during the submission of his candidacy for the 2023 NPP presidential election, which will culminate in the 2024 presidential election, from the perspective of ...
George Boakye-Yiadom
doaj   +1 more source

Applying metaphor analysis to academic literacy research: A critical review over 30 years

open access: yes, 2018
The article aims to provide a critical review of 23 studies that have used metaphor analysis to provide insight into academic literacy research over the past 30 years.
Turner, Sarah; id_orcid, Wan, Wan
core   +1 more source

Sensemaking and CSR Character in Multinational Corporations: A Comparative Study of Headquarters and Subsidiary Practices in the UAE

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While corporate social responsibility (CSR) scholarship assumes that organizational consistency signals effectiveness, there remains a knowledge gap about how MNCs navigate competing institutional logics between headquarters and subsidiaries. This study investigates how managerial sensemaking mediates the effects of institutional pressures on ...
Charles Antony Diab, Wendy Stubbs
wiley   +1 more source

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