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Time as the fifth element in Margaret Laurence's Manawaka cycle
Acta Neophilologica, 2007 Margaret Laurence's Manawaka cycle has several unifying features, one of them is the four elements theory. This pattern may not be deliberate, however, it is very well developed through all four novels: The Stone Angel represents earth, A Jest of God air,
Brigita Pavšič
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Figurative language of segregation: the phenomenon of “two schools under one roof”
ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)Post-war Bosnia and Herzegovina remains a society in which ethno-nationalist rhetoric and war memories permeate public discourse. This paper investigates the use of metaphors in media texts written in English and the Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian ...
Mersina Mujagić, Edin Dupanović
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Conceptual metaphor types in oncology: Cognitive and communicative functions [PDF]
Ibérica, 2017 In this paper, an analysis of conceptual metaphor types and their relation with cognitive and communicative functions is carried out on a sample of oncology research papers.
Ignasi Navarro i Ferrando
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Exploring manipulative rhetorical choices in Nigerian political speeches
Cogent Arts & Humanities, 2021 This paper attempts to explore the rhetorical choices employed by politicians in the Nigerian political arena. In achieving their political aims, politicians are widely believed to possess a skilled knowledge of astute linguistic use. Thus, one can argue
Kunle Oparinde +2 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2023 This study aimed to explore how metaphors were used to interpret the pandemic and to address its challenges in primary and secondary schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Alice Giuliani
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Masking death: Covid-19 inspired humour in the everyday orality of a Luo community in Kenya
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2023 Death, especially death which comes through disease, is often a hard subject that the human mind wishes to bury deep in the unconscious. The lack of ease with impending death eventually finds expression in everyday discourse.
Rose Akinyi Opondo
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The Therapeutic Function of Metaphor: the Case of Emotions in the Croatian Public Discourse
Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2015 In this paper we (re-)examine the role of deliberate metaphors in the public discourse. Based on an analysis of metaphorical comments to the articles reporting on a dispute between the Croatian Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, we argue that in ...
Mateusz-Milan Stanojević +1 more
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IAFOR Journal of Literature & Librarianship, 2022 Insurgency, kidnap for ransom, banditry, herdsmen-farmers clash, and gruesome killing of individuals have become quotidian security realities in contemporary Nigeria.
Oyewumi Olatoye Agunbiade
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Интеракция. Интервью. Интерпретация, 2022 Despite the enormous amounts of human resources engaged in warehousing, warehouse labor remains virtually invisible to the public, both among consumers and in the academia.
Andrey Dmitrievich Starovoytenko
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A Study of Deliberate Metaphor in Ageing-Related Discourse in Health News
International Journal of Languages Literature and Linguistics—As China advances the Healthy China initiative alongside a proactive national ageing strategy, media representations of ageing have become increasingly central to the construction of national image in health discourse.
Shuyan Wang
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