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Grammatical metaphor: Exploring the semogenic power of the language [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2015 This paper seeks to elaborate on the notion of 'grammatical metaphor' intended by M. A. K. Halliday (1983) in his Functional Systemic Linguistics (FSL). 'Metaphor' in linguistic parlance is 'a process of mapping between two different conceptual domains -
Behrooz Azabdaftari
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study theorises and empirically tests performative purpose alignment theory (PPAT), which conceptualises corporate purpose as a performative artefact materialised through discursive and multimodal signals. To operationalise this, we introduced the SDG–Purpose Alignment Index (SPAI), a computational construct that quantifies the thematic ...
Augustine Okeke, Ifeanyi Ugbebor
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Talking the Walk: ESG Discourse as Strategic Dynamic Capability
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Conventional wisdom suggests that firms must “walk the talk” on sustainability. In turbulent institutional environments, however, talking increasingly becomes part of the walk, as organizations use sustainability discourse to construct and maintain legitimacy.
Floriana Luisi +1 more
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PARTICIPANTS OF MATERIAL PROCESSES IN GRAMMATICAL METAPHORS INVOLVING THE VERBS MAKE AND TAKE
Indonesian EFL Journal, 2020 This article, based on the transitivity system in a systemic functional linguistic study, is focused on the participants of material processes in grammatical metaphors involving the verbs Make and Take.
Dede Ismail
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Thresholds: The metaphorical foundations of powerful knowledge
The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper advances a theoretical account of threshold concepts as metaphorical‐relational structures that reorganise meaning across contexts. Building on conceptual metaphor theory, we propose that threshold concepts can be understood as sites of schema‐level reorganisation: deep, embodied patterns of relational logic that scaffold abstract ...
Maria Karrol +1 more
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Aftasten/Tantear: A sensorial, coalitional wayfinding among Muslim runners
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Muslim recreational runners in Muslim‐minority settings that take up running as their preferred form of leisure indicate that they feel they have to navigate a sense of exclusion when running outdoors. This article explores the process of exploration and sensing in public, represented by the Dutch verb aftasten, to investigate the way Muslim ...
Jasmijn Rana
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Perception, emotion, and synesthesia: Metaphorical combining in Keats
ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics), 2019 This article attempts to demonstrate the elaboration of poetic conceptual metaphor by way of perception verbs, emotion verbs, and expressions of synesthesia (sensorial mixing and blending).
Brannon Katrina
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Human Resource Development Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The research‐practice gap (the gap) in HRD remains a significant challenge, hindering the application of academic research to practice and the integration of workplace challenges into research efforts. It is critical for HRD research to address the gap to develop evidence‐based solutions for learning and organizational performance. The purpose
Kelly Moore, Yonjoo Cho
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A Frame-Inspired Task-Based Approach to Metaphor Teaching
Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2021 The paper aims to make a contribution to recent discussions of the application of a particular cognitive linguistic theory, frame semantics, to the field of language teaching.
Thomai Dalpanagioti
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.Abstract Background Identifying interventions for developing language skills in autistic people is a top research priority. To develop effective language interventions, it is essential to understand whether community members feel they are important, acceptable, and meaningful.
Audrey Linden +9 more
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