Results 61 to 70 of about 665,679 (209)
Metaphor and Apophatic Discourse: Putting Sells in Dialogue with Lakoff and Johnson [PDF]
, 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
Paulus se liggaam-metafoor in 1 Korintiërs 12 in literêr-historiese konteks
HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2006 Paul’s body metaphor in 1 Corinthians 12 in literary context The purpose of this article is to place and describe Paul’s use of the body metaphor in 1 Corinthians 12 in its literary context.
H. Goede, Fika J. van Rensburg
doaj +1 more source
, 2011 Using a discourse dynamics, metaphor-led analysis, this article investigates the use of metaphor in three YouTube videos made by two American YouTube users: one fundamentalist Christian and one atheist.
Pihlaja, Stephen
core
, 2011 The prevalence of colourful metaphors and figurative language in critics' descriptions of artworks has long attracted attention. Talk of ‘liquid melodies,’ ‘purple prose,’ ‘soaring arches,’ and the use of still more elaborate figurative descriptions, is ...
Grant, James
core +1 more source
Kövecses, Zoltán. Metaphor in culture: universality and variation
Ilha do Desterro, 2007 Zoltán Kövecses is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of American Studies, Eötvös Loránd University. He is also the author of Language, Mind and Culture: A practical introduction (2006), Metaphor and Emotion (2002) and Metaphor: A Practical ...
Solange Teixeira Diniz Faraco
doaj +2 more sources
South 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]
, 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, Objects, and Commodities [PDF]
, 2006 This article is a contribution to a symposium that focuses on the ideas of Margaret Jane Radin as a point of departure, and particularly on her analyses of propertization and commodification.
Madison, Michael J, Taylor, George H
core +2 more sources
HTS 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
Niche Modeling: Ecological Metaphors for Sustainable Software in Science
, 2013 This position paper is aimed at providing some history and provocations for the use of an ecological metaphor to describe software development environments.
Thomer, Andrea +2 more
core +2 more sources