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Lexico-phraseological nature of a military metaphor in modern press
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2012 The specificity of the modern language of mass media is a broad metaphorical use of the military lexicon. The article analyses the main features of the lexico-phraseological military metaphors in modern press, which appear in the lexico-semantic and ...
M R Zheltukhina, T D Magomadova
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Grammatical metaphor in academic texts of Indonesian students’ thesis
, 2018 The purpose of this research is to reveal the form and pattern of lexical shift either lexically or grammatically by (1) to describe the form of grammatical metaphor of academic text, and (2) to describe the pattern of lexical shift in academic texts ...
M. Mahmudah +3 more
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Political Animals: To Live & Die in More‐Than‐Human Worlds
American Anthropologist, EarlyView.ABSTRACT What does it mean to live—and therefore die—in a more‐than‐human world? This review essay explores that question through reflections on teaching Political Animals: Species, Class, Race, and Gender, an undergraduate course that introduces students to scholarship on human‐nonhuman relations.
Luísa Reis‐Castro
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Gender stereotypes in preschool: An examination of age and gender differences
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Gender stereotypes are prevalent in many societies and begin to emerge in early childhood. The present study examined the gender stereotypes and their association with age and gender in preschool. Gender stereotypes of feminine, masculine and gender‐neutral traits and behaviours were collected in a sample of 104 German and Austrian children ...
Johanna Landvogt, Jan Lenhart
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SULLE FUNZIONI DELLA METAFORA NELL’ITALIANO ACCADEMICO: UN’ANALISI CORPUS-BASED
Italiano LinguaDueQuesto articolo analizza l’uso della metafora nel discorso accademico italiano attraverso un approccio basato sul corpus DIA (circa 950.000 parole). Lo studio dimostra che la metafora, sebbene altamente convenzionale, svolge un ruolo strutturale nel ...
Abdelmagid Sakr
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Speaking with the hands—fine motor skills, language, and the role of gestures
British Journal of Developmental Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Previous investigations link fine motor skills (FMS) with language development. Studies also examined relations between motor actions and gestures, as well as between gestures and language. However, little research has systematically investigated fine motor skills, manual gestures, and language within the same study or investigated their ...
Rebecca E. Winter +2 more
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British Journal of Learning Disabilities, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background People with learning disabilities often face significant challenges in understanding health information. Pictorial supports are widely assumed to improve communication for people with learning disabilities, yet little research examines how visual communication can be effectively designed for this group.
Alison Drewett +5 more
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A Comparative Study of Nominalization in an English Applied Linguistics Textbook and its Persian Translation [PDF]
Issues in Language Teaching, 2014 Among the linguistic resources for creating grammatical metaphor, nominalization rewords processes and properties metaphorically as nouns within the experiential metafunction of language.
Alireza Jalilifar, Fereshteh Shirali
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Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, EarlyView., 2020 Abstract Strategic word mimicry during negotiations facilitates better outcomes. We explore mimicry of specific word categories and perceptions of rapport, trust, and liking as underlying mechanisms. Dyads took part in an online negotiation exercise in which word mimicry was manipulated: Participants were instructed to mimic each other’s words (both ...
Kate Muir +4 more
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Local Search and the Evolution of World Models
Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView., 2023 Abstract An open question regarding how people develop their models of the world is how new candidates are generated for consideration out of infinitely many possibilities. We discuss the role that evolutionary mechanisms play in this process. Specifically, we argue that when it comes to developing a global world model, innovation is necessarily ...
Neil R. Bramley +3 more
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