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Elucidating idioms through idioms: A metalinguistic contemplation of some issues on Befogging Idioms
International Journal of English and Literature, 2015 An idiom is a phrase which you cannot understand by putting together the meanings of the words in it. For example, pull your socks up has nothing to do with socks or pulling them up, but means "try your best". There are more than 5500 common idioms suitable for intermediate learners, yet the total number of English idioms is far greater. Idioms (McCaig
Kazem Barzegar, Ja Askari
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Aesthetic values as relational values: Environmental aesthetics in go‐along interviews
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Aesthetic values are often categorised as a type of relational values, yet their shared characteristics with other relational values remain largely unexplored. To address this gap, we turn to Emily Brady's theory of environmental aesthetics; her interpretation of aesthetic value exhibits important parallels with the concept of relational ...
Rafael Zinnenlauf +3 more
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Expression Plane of English Idioms in Gender Semantics Studies
SHS Web of Conferences, 2018 In recent years gender studies have become connected with language studies, because language reflects, records and transmits social, cultural and gender differences.
Nezhelskaya Galina +2 more
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Investigating Malay language writing proficiency level among upper secondary school students [PDF]
, 2011 This paper aims to present the findings of a research on writing proficiency in Malay language of upper secondary schools students in Malaysia. The research is designed to compare writing patterns of urban and rural students from four different zones ...
Nadzrah Abu Bakar, +2 more
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The soul of the soil: Unearthing a Nation's eco‐empathy through 1200 years of Persian poetry
People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Cultivating a profound sense of connection with the natural world, conceptualized as eco‐empathy, is increasingly recognized as a vital precursor to effective environmental stewardship. While scientific data frame ecological crises, literary traditions offer a unique archive for tracing the history of this empathetic bond. This study positions
Isa Esfandiarpour‐Boroujeni +7 more
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Фразеологічні одиниці як засоби компресії стислого масмедійного українського тексту (Idioms as means of Ukrainian compressed mass media texts) [PDF]
, 2015 У статті досліджується проблема конденсації інформації у стислому мас-медійному українському тексті, а саме: з’ясовується роль фразеологічних одиниць у компресії повідомлюваного.
Мірошниченко, І. (I. Miroshnychenko)
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Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu +4 more
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When does assonance make L2 lexical phrases memorable? [PDF]
, 2014 Among the challenges that second language learners face is that of acquiring a large num-ber of lexical phrases such as collocations and idiomatic expressions (e.g. Pawley & Syder, 1983; Willis, 1990; Nattinger & DeCarrico, 1992; Lewis, 1993).
Boers, Frank +2 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa +3 more
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SASAK LANGUAGE AND TÉNDÉH MAINTAINING [PDF]
, 2012 Sasak is an indigenous language spoken mainly on Lombok Island, West Nusa Tenggara. It has various dialects used by its speakers to show téndéh ‘culture’.
Muhammad, Muhammad
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