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Conversational Implicature in the Food Product Advertisement: There is Taste, There is Price

open access: yesAsa Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan dan Pembelajaran
This study explores the use of conversational implicature in the "Sasa Tepung Bumbu Premium Collection" advertisement, with a specific focus on the slogan "Ada Rasa Ada Harga" (There is Taste, There is Price).
Putri Ardina Setia Sari   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Translation validity in metaphor theories CMT, DMT and the Motivation & Sedimentation Model

open access: yes, 2022
Evaluating competing metaphor theories against each other implies the need for theory-independent criteria of comparison. We propose translation validity, the closeness in which theoretical constructs and operationalizations match one another, to be such
Moskaluk, Kalina,   +2 more
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Conceptual metaphor types in oncology

open access: yesIbérica, 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 Ferrando
doaj  

Eye movements reveal readers’ sensitivity to deliberate metaphors during narrative reading [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Metaphors occur frequently in literary texts. Deliberate Metaphor Theory (DMT; e.g., Steen, 2017) proposes that metaphors that serve a communicative function as metaphor are radically different from metaphors that do not have this function.
Reijnierse, W.   +8 more
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A metaphorical characterization of D.J. Opperman's Komas uit 'n bamboesstok in terms of relevance theory and the contemporary theory of metaphor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Includes abstract.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 188-198).Similar to previous academic papers on the topic of relevance, this dissertation too responds to specific claims proposed by relevance theory.
Van Rooyen, Ian William
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Metaphor as categorisation: a connectionist implementation [PDF]

open access: yes, 2001
A key issue for models of metaphor comprehension is to explain how in some metaphorical comparison , only some features of B are transferred to A. The features of B that are transferred to A depend both on A and on B.
Thomas, Michael S.C., Mareschal, Denis
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Constructive Ambiguity and Conceptual Metaphor in Diplomatic Discourse: A Linguistic Analysis of the Armenia–Azerbaijan Peace Agreement

open access: yesPolilog: Studia Neofilologiczne
This article investigates constructive ambiguity as a functional linguistic resource in diplomatic discourse, focusing on how semantic, pragmatic, and stylistic mechanisms enable political actors to reach agreement despite unresolved tensions. The study
Marine Mkrtchyan, Marta Gierczyńska
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“No man is an island”: How Chinese netizens use deliberate metaphors to provide “depression sufferers” with social support

open access: yesDigital Health
Objective Online social support provides a way to positively influence depression sufferers. In the present study, we aim to analyze how social support in Chinese online depression communities is communicated through the lens of deliberate metaphor ...
Youping Jing, Guiying Jiang
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Strategic Use of Metaphor in Nigerian Newspaper Reports: A Critical Perspective

open access: yesCritical Approaches to Discourse Analysis across Disciplines, 2012
Metaphor, a pervasive cognitive phenomenon for encoding social meanings and cultural presuppositions has been implicated as a strategic linguistic tool for the media in swaying public perceptions and assuming consensus for the argument they want to ...
Chinwe Roseann Ezeifeka
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The Ambiguity of Metaphor:How Polysemy Affords Multivalent Metaphor Use and Explains the Paradox of Metaphor [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper explores the suggestion (Steen, 2023a, 2023b) that most metaphor may be structurally ambiguous between deliberate and non-deliberate meanings, which in turn affords multivalent metaphor use.
Steen, Gerard
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