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Tradurre Figure / Translating Figurative Language [PDF]
, 2013 Tradurre Figure / Translating Figurative Language offers 27 original contributions on the interlingual translation of figurative language. The chapters were first presented at an international conference held at the University of Bologna in December 2012 and have been selected through a double peer-reviewed process.
MILLER, DONNA ROSE, MONTI, ENRICO
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Figures of speech : figurative expressions and the management of topic transition in conversation [PDF]
, 1998 In conversation, speakers occasionally use figurative expressions such as “had a good innings,” “take with a pinch of salt,” or “come to the end of her tether.” This article investigates WHERE in conversation such expressions are used, in terms of their ...
Drew, P. +5 more
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Multi-Figurative Language Generation [PDF]
, 2022 Figurative language generation is the task of reformulating a given text in the desired figure of speech while still being faithful to the original context.
Lai, Huiyuan; id_orcid +2 more
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On the nature of 'laughables' : laughter as a response to overdone figurative phrases [PDF]
, 2011 In this article I explore the relationship between laugh responses and the turns which they orient to. I consider whether it is possible to identify properties of the prior turns that the recipient may be orienting to in laughing.
Holt, Elizabeth
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Analysing teachers’ figurative language to shed new light on teacher resilience [PDF]
, 2023 This paper analyses practising schoolteachers' use of figurative language, drawn from a set of semi-structured interviews with 42 Australian teachers, part of a wider, five-nation study of teachers' emotional experiences. The analysis is clustered around
Peel, K.L. +9 more
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A Study of Teaching of figurative expression in Japanese Language Teaching of Elementary School [PDF]
, 2012 This paper considers teaching method about figurative expression in Japanese language teaching of Elementary School. Out of explanation related with figurative expression in schoolbooks of Elementary School, this paper considers figurative expression ...
奥田, 俊博 +2 more
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Signs and figures: Some remarks about Greimas’ theory of the figurative
Sign Systems Studies, 2017 The paper is a first attempt to analyse Greimas’ theory of the figurative from a “philological” perspective and discuss some hitherto unresolved issues. In particular, the paper will focus on four main topics: (1) the relation with Hjelmslev’s conception
Paolo Bertetti
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An Analysis of Figurative Languages Used in Lokamase Ceremony
Acitya, 2023 The use of language in human life is very diverse, one of which is figurative language. Figurative language is the use of beautiful words with figurative language created from the author's feelings to give effect by comparing one thing with another ...
Yanto Yanto, Rikardus Nong Siga
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The Functions and Toposyntax of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Signata, 2018 The goal of this paper is to provide a semiotically-informed description of the functions and syntax of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. Section 1 provides background information about the hieroglyphic writing system.
Stéphane Polis
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, 2023 Figurative Language is a traditional rhetorical style, which refers to a group of diverse tropes and uses of words describing pictorial or graphical objects in a non-literal way (Dancygier and Sweetser 2014; Colston 2015).
Hsu, Shih-Wei
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