Results 11 to 20 of about 671,255 (309)

Affect and Metaphor Sensing in Virtual Drama [PDF]

International Journal of Computer Games Technology, 2010
We report our developments on metaphor and affect sensing for several metaphorical language phenomena including affects as external entities metaphor, food metaphor, animal metaphor, size metaphor, and anger metaphor.
Li Zhang, John Barnden
doaj   +4 more sources

Metaphor and philosophy: an encounter with Derrida [PDF]

, 2000
This paper presents a critical analysis of the central argument of Derrida's paper 'White Mythology'. The crucial claims are that the concept of metaphor presupposes philosophy, that philosophy presupposes the concept of metaphor, and that philosophy ...
Morris, Michael
core   +1 more source

Organization theory and military metaphor: time for a reappraisal? [PDF]

, 2006
A ‘conventional’ use of military metaphor would use it to convey attributes such as hierarchical organization, vertical communication and limited autonomy.
Alistair Mutch, Alvesson, M., Anthony, R. N., Beevor, A., Bryant, A., Carchedi, G., Castells, M., Chandler, A., Ciborra, C., Clemons, E., Davis, M., Dunford, R., Fairclough, N., Fidler, J., Gates, D., Gates, D., Hannagan, T., Harry, M., Inns, D. E., Knights, D., Krause, D., Lakoff, G., Lewis, P., López, J., López, J., López, J., Mangham, I. M., McKelvey, B., Morgan, G., Oswick, C., Oswick, C., Pagonis, W., Parker, M., Powell, W., Ransome, P., Ries, A., Roy, W., Shenhav, Y., Simon, H., Spiers, E. M., Strachan, H., Thomas, A., Urwick, L., Watson, T., Watson, T., Whittington, R.   +45 more
core   +1 more source

Novel metaphors comprehension in a child with High-Functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders. A study on assessment and treatment [PDF]

, 2017
Until the first decade of the current millennium, the literature on metaphor comprehension highlighted typical difficulties in children with high-functioning Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).
MELOGNO, Sergio, ORSOLINI, Margherita, PINTO, Maria Antonietta   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Metaphoric coherence: Distinguishing verbal metaphor from `anomaly\u27 [PDF]

, 1992
Theories and computational models of metaphor comprehension generally circumvent the question of metaphor versus “anomaly” in favor of a treatment of metaphor versus literal language.
Aarts J., Barnden J., Brugman C., Carbonell J., Carbonell J., Drange T., Fass D., Fass D., Fass D., Fass D., Gentner D., Hayes P., Hobbs J., Hobbs J., Jackendoff R., Lakoff G., Levin S., Martin J., Norman D., Ortony A., Osgood C., Perrault C., Russell S. Weber, Russell S. Weber, Russell S. Weber, Schank R., Schank R., Smith E., Talmy L., Talmy L., Thomas O., Wilks Y.   +31 more
core   +2 more sources

The effect of gender and language proficiency on the metaphor use in the writing of TEFL students

Asian-Pacific Journal of Second and Foreign Language Education, 2021
The ubiquitous nature of metaphor in everyday life and its significance in second language learning has triggered plethoric research on the relationship between metaphor and language learning.
Nazila Fattahi, Musa Nushi
doaj   +1 more source

Sports in metaphor and metaphor in sports [PDF]

SportLogia, 2013
This paper looks at the metaphors and idioms in the English language that have sports as their motivation and attempts to draw certain parallels with their corresponding semantic equivalents in Serbian.
Dalibor Kesić, Emir Muhić
doaj   +1 more source

A Systematic Review on Extended Reality-Mediated Multi-User Social Engagement

Systems
The metaverse represents a post-reality universe that seamlessly merges physical reality with digital virtuality. It provides a continuous and immersive social networking environment, enabling multi-user engagement and interaction through Extended ...
Yimin Wang, Daojun Gong, Ruowei Xiao, Xinyi Wu, Hengbin Zhang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ontological Metaphor in Adele’s Selected Song Lyrics

Vivid: Journal of Language and Literature, 2017
This article discusses the ontological metaphor found in Adele’s songs. It aims to determine the types of ontological metaphor and their meanings. Lakoff and Johnson’s theory of conceptual metaphor is used in analyzing the data.
Bindra Gisca Maya
doaj   +1 more source

Metaphor in the West and Iran: A Comparative Perspective [PDF]

Matn/Pizhūhī-i Adabī
In this article, the ideas of some prominent Iranian and Western scholars about metaphor are analyzed comparatively. In addition to “the introduction”, the article includes two main parts: in “Metaphor in the West”, the ideas of some well-known figures ...
Reza Amini
doaj   +1 more source