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Compression‐Expansion: Miniaturization, Modularity, and Logistics Beyond Earth
ABSTRACT If the Cold War space race culminated in a return to Earth, at present we are experiencing a renewed interest in space. Drawing on fieldwork among people working in the space sector in Sweden, this article focuses on some of the imaginaries underpinning this resurgence and the contemporary commercialization of space. Specifically, I hone in on
Chakad Ojani
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Is This a Metaphor? On the Difficult Task of Identifying Metaphors in Scientific Discourse [PDF]
This article focuses on the problem of metaphor identification in scientific language. In Conceptual Metaphor Theory, metaphors are often observed on the conceptual level.
Goschler, Juliana
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Tools for relatedness: “Fetishes” in Burkina Faso and the work of enacted metaphors
Abstract In West Africa, certain objects can act in the world and interact with people as subjects. Labeled “fetishes” by Europeans, these material things have generated centuries of debates on the nature of their agency. In this article, I rely on participant fieldwork as a student in a group of initiated donso hunters in Burkina Faso, which involved ...
Lorenzo Ferrarini
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Abuso de la metáfora y laxitud conceptual en Comunicación
En el campo de la Comunicación, la metáfora abunda por doquier. Entre las más importantes, la metáfora tecnológica implícita en la Teoría Matemática de la Comunicación ha sido una de las más omnipresentes e influyentes durante las últimas décadas, porque
Juan Ramón Muñoz-Torres
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Metafóras sobre cuerpo y alimentación en mujeres chilenas
Una metáfora conceptual constituye un proceso analógico del pensamiento que tiene su manifestación literal en expresiones lingüísticas que usamos en la vida cotidiana.
Carolina Godoy Berthet +1 more
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Lessons from a Rubik's Cube to solve the biodiversity crisis
Abstract Global biodiversity is facing unprecedented pressures, calling into question the effectiveness of existing governance systems aimed at halting extinctions. Renewed hope arose with the recent Conference of the Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15 December 2022) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered ...
Ana M. M. Sequeira, Erika J. E. Techera
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El valor lingüístico-heurístico del proceso semántico metafórico [PDF]
En el presente trabajo se estudia desde un punto de vista lingüístico: (1) el proceso semántico de la metáfora, y (2) el procedimiento de creación léxica y conceptual que supone.
Penas Ibáñez, Azucena
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The Conceptual Field of ‘Clarity’ in Spoken Discourse from a Cognitive Focus on Bilingual (German-Spanish) Phraseology [PDF]
El presente trabajo aborda la conexión existente entre el campo conceptual de la ‘claridad’ del discurso hablado y tres esquemas de imágenes: CENTRO-PERIFERIA, RECIPIENTE y CAMINO.
Mansilla Pérez, Ana
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Abstract Flow cytometry is the method of choice for immunophenotyping in the context of clinical, translational, and systems immunology studies. Among the latter, the Milieu Intérieur (MI) project aims at defining the boundaries of a healthy immune response to identify determinants of immune response variation.
Tom Dott +62 more
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Metáfora y estructura conceptual
La lingüística cognitiva siempre ha argumentado que la metáfora no pertenece exclusivamente al lenguaje, sino que es una competencia que se basa en la habilidad humana de concebir un dominio de experiencia en términos de otro.
Emilia Castaño, Joseph Hilferty
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