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Politics metaphor in British and Bosnian-Herzegovinian migration discourse
Russian Journal of LinguisticsAs the geopolitical situation changes, it is necessary to discuss how politics is structured by metaphor in the context of recent social phenomena, such as the European migrant crisis.
Mersina Mujagić
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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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Using deliberate metaphor in discourse: Native vs. non-native text production [PDF]
, 2019 This study explores the occurrence of developmental patterns in the use of metaphors by native and non-native speakers of Spanish in discourse. Underlying this analysis is the assumption that intentionally using figurative language—and thus engaging a ...
Elisa Rosado +5 more
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Unconventional Metaphor Use in the Writing of Chinese Learners of English
SAGE OpenMetaphors are known to present both opportunities and challenges for second language learners, but relatively little is known about learners’ awareness of them.
Qiuyun Lu, Alice Deignan
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, 2018 A novel experimental method to investigate the hypotheses of Deliberate Metaphor Theory (e.g. Steen, 2008; 2011; 2013; 2015)
Christian Burgers +2 more
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