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Metaphor and Its Linguistic Purpose [PDF]
The paper deals with the issue of metaphor identification, metaphorical thinking and various approaches to metaphor study.
Tretjakova, Jeļena
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Metaphor and ideology Metaphor and ideology
Ilha do Desterro, 2010 <p align="left">Since metaphor in language and thought might be glossed as ‘metaphor and meaning’ and as ideology has been defined as ‘meaning in the service of power’, this paper explores some of the ways in
Andrew Goatly
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Research Front and Future Prospect: A Bibliometric Study of Metaphor Comprehension
SAGE OpenMetaphor comprehension is an important component in the process of constructing metaphorical thinking. Therefore, the topic of “metaphor comprehension” should be a crucial part of metaphor studies.
Xunian Wang, Yi Sun
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Descriptions of pain, metaphor and embodied simulation. [PDF]
, 2010 The variety of sensations conveyed by the English word pain tend to be described via expressions that refer to potential causes of bodily damage (e.g., stabbing, burning). Such expressions are used metaphorically when they convey pain experiences that do
Elena Semino, Semino, Elena
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Medical students' perspectives on body donation to science within the Italian context
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract Body donation is essential for medical education and research, supporting anatomical training and clinical competence. In Italy, national data on awareness of the legislation regulating body donation and factors shaping donation‐related decisions among healthcare trainees remain limited. This study investigated knowledge of the legal framework,
Antonietta Fazio +20 more
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Metaphor, skepticism, understanding Metaphor, skepticism, understanding
Ilha do Desterro, 2010 <p align="left">This paper examines the idea that metaphor is a basic cognitive tool from a Wittgensteinian point of view. One specific aspect of Wittgenstein’s legacy is explored, namely his account of verbal understanding.
Helena Martins
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Speak Louder Than the Ballot: A Cognitive Study to Election Abstention Metaphors
K@ta: A Biannual Publication on the Study of Language and Literature, 2021 There have been few studies that highlight the use of metaphor in political discourse and election, but none of those studies focus on the election abstention –known in Indonesia as Golput phenomena- and the discussion of the intertwined components in ...
Muhammad Adam
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Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, Volume 76, Issue 4, Page 649-664, April 2025.Abstract Many theories of human information behavior (HIB) assume that information objects are in text document format. This paper argues four important HIB theories are insufficient for describing users' search strategies for data because of assumptions about the attributes of objects that users seek.
Anthony J. Million +3 more
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Variation in Metaphor Variation in Metaphor
Ilha do Desterro, 2010 <p><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #231f20; font-family: Palatino-RomanTh;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #231f20; font-family: Palatino-RomanTh;"><span style="font-size: x-small; color: #231f20; font-family ...
Zóltan Kövecses
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The Neural Basis of Metaphor Comprehension: Evidence from Left Hemisphere Degeneration
Neurobiology of Language, 2020 Despite the ubiquity of metaphor in cognition and communication, it is absent from standard clinical assessments of language, and the neural systems that support metaphor processing are debated.
Nathaniel Klooster +5 more
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