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Positioning teachers in climate change education: Insights from a Hong Kong Global South perspective

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how prospective teachers in Hong Kong (N = 13) position themselves within climate change education through ‘Global Dialogue for Climate Change Education’, a cross‐institutional teacher education programme facilitating online global dialogues between Hong Kong and the UK.
Sally Wai‐Yan Wan   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The spoken (he)art of strategy: A metaphor analysis of the strategy discourse of 10 South African business executives

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Business Management, 2005
This paper investigates the importance of metaphor in strategy in several ways. Firstly it considers the problematic nature of ‘strategy’ itself. Next, it outlines some views on how metaphor is used in strategy discourse, with particular emphasis on ...
J. Foster-Pedley, D. Bond, R. Brown
doaj   +1 more source

Grasping Metaphors: Lexical Semantics in Metaphor Analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Metaphors represent to date an extraordinary challenge for computational linguistics. Dealing with metaphors has relevant consequences on our ability to build agents and systems that understand Natural Language and text documents: annotating metaphoric constructions by linking the metaphor elements to existing resources is a crucial step to make text ...
Enrico Mensa   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

Metaphor and Apophatic Discourse: Putting Sells in Dialogue with Lakoff and Johnson [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In the book, Mystical Languages of Unsaying, Michael A. Sells presents a performative theory of apophatic discourse. His idea is that apophatic discourse functions as a semantic analogue to mystical experience through \"meaning events.\" Although he ...
Carroll, Thomas D.
core   +1 more source

‘They just want the perfect kids on show’: The illegal exclusion of children with special educational needs and disabilities from primary schools

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Guidance from the Department for Education stipulates that permanent exclusions should only be used as a last resort and where there is potential for harm to come to anyone in the school setting. Suspensions are positioned as a tool to communicate to a pupil that their behaviour is in breach of the school's behaviour policy.
Megan Whitehouse
wiley   +1 more source

God our king

open access: yesHTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2008
This article discusses whether the metaphor of “king” can still be used in Christian God-talk. Firstly, it is argued that the “king” metaphor for God is an indispensable key metaphor in both the Old and the New Testament.
Jan Muis
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring Metaphorical Senses and Word Representations for Identifying Metonyms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A metonym is a word with a figurative meaning, similar to a metaphor. Because metonyms are closely related to metaphors, we apply features that are used successfully for metaphor recognition to the task of detecting metonyms. On the ACL SemEval 2007 Task
Gelernter, Judith, Zhang, Wei
core  

Conceptualizing Circular Ecosystems: An Analysis of 45 Definitions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The circular ecosystem concept is gaining prominence among academics and practitioners. However, critics claim the concept is used and understood differently by different actors. While conceptual plurality offers possibilities for broad interpretations and engagement, it can undermine the relevance of the concept as an analytical lens due to ...
Martin Geissdoerfer   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

DMIP: A Method for Identifying Potentially Deliberate Metaphor in Language Use

open access: yes, 2018
This paper introduces the Deliberate Metaphor Identification Procedure (DMIP), a method for the systematic and reliable identification of potentially deliberate metaphor in language use.
Gudrun Reijnierse   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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