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Investigating the Contextual Meaning of Idioms of Animals in Some Selected English Colloquial Utterances

open access: yesالأستاذ, 2019
English is rich of idioms. Learning idioms is considered an integral part of vocabulary learning. Idioms of animals are very popular in everyday English and ESL and EFL learners should encounter them .The problem of this study is due to the fact that ...
Mahmood Atiya Farhan
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving English Language Learners’ Idiomatic Competence: Does Mode of Teaching Play a Role? [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2017
Idioms feature prominently in daily communication. Accordingly, teaching and learning idioms should be a primary concern in language education, including English education. However, there is relatively little research on the role of formal instruction of
Zainab Abolfazli Khonbi, Karim Sadeghi
doaj  

Colonial and gendered peace: Decolonial perspectives on peace in Nagorno‐Karabakh

open access: yesFeminist Anthropology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article critically interrogates peace processes in the aftermath of the First Nagorno‐Karabakh War by centering the lived experiences and political voices of Armenian and Azerbaijani internally displaced and refugee women, based on ethnographic fieldwork and in‐depth interviews conducted in 2019.
Ramil Zamanov
wiley   +1 more source

Idiom

open access: yesCritical Humanities
Idiom Submitted: May 26, 2026 Accepted: June 1 ...
openaire   +2 more sources

An Analysis of Translation Strategies for English Idiomatic Expressions in the Film Elemental: Force of Nature

open access: yesJALL (Journal of Applied Linguistics and Literacy)
The title of this research is Translation Strategies of English Idiomatic Expression in Elemental: Force of Nature movie. This research aimed at discuss about types of idiomatic expression and strategies used by the translator to translate “Elemental ...
Ekha Novi Ayu Rachmadini   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Idioms on drunkenness and drunkenness on idioms

open access: yes, 2006
In previous studies (PAMIES 2002), the concepts of iconic model and archimetaphor have been proposed to study the existence of systematicity in the creation and comprehension of idiomatic expressions (from the point of view of the universality of their underlying cognitive mechanisms).
Pamies Bertrán, Antonio   +1 more
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Beyond the Classroom: Cognitive and Educational Insights Into Gameplay‐Based Second Language Learning

open access: yesFuture in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This pilot study investigated how the narrative‐rich Chinese AAA game Black Myth: Wukong supports advanced Mandarin learners. Using reflective journals, semi‐structured interviews, and exploratory electroencephalogram (EEG), we examined learners' cognitive, affective, and cultural experiences.
ShuPei Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE USE OF PHRASEMES - IDIOMES IN BOSNIAN AND HERZEGOVINIAN MEDIA LANGUAGE

open access: yesHuman Research in Rehabilitation, 2011
The paper is about the analysis of the use of idioms in Bosnian and Herzegovinian media language where their origin, characteristics and their meaning are being researched. The frequency of the idioms in media language is defined.
Sedina Brkić-Međedović
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Materials and Music: Selective Imperfection as a Generative Framework for Analysis, Creativity and Discovery

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Materials, EarlyView.
Vibrations in matter, from spider webs to molecules, water to flames, share a grammar with music. We propose that creativity emerges when constraints force expansion beyond existing possibilities. Selective imperfection restores balance, enabling invention.
Markus J. Buehler
wiley   +1 more source

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