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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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On the specificity of figurative language comprehension impairment in schizophrenia and its relation to cognitive skills but not psychopathological symptoms - Study on metaphor, humor and irony [PDF]
Schizophrenia Research: CognitionPeople with schizophrenia have difficulty understanding figurative expressions, such as metaphors, humor or irony. The present study investigated the specificity of figurative language impairment in schizophrenia and its relation with cognitive and ...
Przemysław Adamczyk +4 more
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Multi-Figurative Language Generation [PDF]
CoRR, 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. We take the first step towards multi-figurative language modelling by providing a benchmark for the automatic generation of five common figurative forms in English.
Lai, Huiyuan, Nissim, Malvina
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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). Figurative language acts by contrast to other non-figurative language, just as a metaphorical word acts by contrast when used ...
Hsu, Shih-Wei
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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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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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The development of metaphorical language comprehension in typical development and in Williams syndrome [PDF]
, 2010 The domain of figurative language comprehension was used to probe the developmental relation between language and cognition in typically developing individuals and individuals with Williams syndrome.
Thomas, Michael S.C. +8 more
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FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE IN BRUNO MARS LYRICS
Indonesian EFL Journal, 2022 Â Figurative language is a language style that is used in the story and has an effect to influence the readers or listeners (Buta et al., 2018; Harun, Yusuf, Karnafi, 2020).
Muziatun Muziatun +2 more
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Figurative Language of Metaphors in the Holy Quran
Alsinatuna, 2016 As a system of communication, language has literal and figurative meanings. In the case of literal language, words are used to express meaning as defined, while in the case of figurative language, words are used to provide room for interpretation.
Mutammam, Aisyah Zubaidah
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Message design: Figurative language
, 2023 Figurative language is a form of non-literal language that consists of two subtypes: (i) schemes like alliteration and rhyme that focus on excessive regularity and (ii) tropes like metaphor and irony which emphasize irregularity.
Bylund, C.L. +3 more
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