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Teaching English idioms of happiness and sadness through conceptual metaphors in Vietnamese context
Ho Chi Minh City Open University Journal of Science - Social Sciences, 2017 Idioms have long been regarded as a big challenge for EFL learners. With recent developments in cognitive linguistics, the method of teaching idioms has shifted from rote learning to raising the learner’s awareness of conceptual metaphors (CM).
Pham Thai Bao Ngoc
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Semantics of Idioms Containing Names of Body Parts in English, Slovak, and Hungarian (A Comparative Study) [PDF]
Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: PhilologicaThe main objective of the paper is to study idioms containing names of body parts in the English, Slovak, and Hungarian languages The traits of the selected idioms are investigated in terms of semantics The research sample, which includes fifty idioms
Marta Lacková, Brigita Bernáthová
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While REDD+ prioritizes carbon sequestration, its narrow focus often overlooks forest‐health linkages critical to community well‐being. This paper examines the holistic model of Health in Harmony (HIH) and Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI), which integrates forest conservation with healthcare through radical listening—a decolonial community engagement
Angie Hsu +3 more
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Understanding of African Idioms African Idioms and Proverbs
, 2022 The study entitled “Understanding African Idioms” is aiming to widen the umbrella of understanding African idioms; Idioms are encountered transparently, Simi transparent, and opaque idioms. Idioms are a “The study aimed to shed light on the importance of
Dr. Aiman Yousif Modeer Ismail
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Processing (transformed) idioms
, 2021 How fixed expressions are syntactically stored in our mental lexicon has been the subject of debate in many influential studies. These studies can explain many but not all phenomena relating to idiom representation yet. One phenomena difficult to explain
Michelle Suijkerbuijk, Ferdy Hubers
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel
Feminist 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
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The Impact of Context on the learning and Retention of Idioms [PDF]
Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2014 The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effect of context on learning idioms among 60 Iranian female advanced English learners. To this end, the researcher assigned the participants to two experimental groups and one control group: Group ...
Simin Valizadeh, Saeideh Ahangari
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Colonial and gendered peace: Decolonial perspectives on peace in Nagorno‐Karabakh
Feminist 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
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Future 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
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الأستاذ, 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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