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Enhancing Metaphorical Competence in the L2 Russian Classroom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Although a significant role of metaphor in achieving an advanced level of second/foreign language proficiency has been acknowledged in the SLA research, insufficient attention has been paid to the development of FL learners’ metaphorical competence ...
Larysa Bobrova
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Beyond the Human Negotiator: Generative AI and the Threshold of Autonomous Decision‐Making

open access: yesConflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article provides a comprehensive framework for understanding the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in negotiation, evaluating contemporary systems through the specific case study of Large Language Models (LLMs). To address the lack of established terminology, it first proposes a new typology distinguishing Negotiation Supported by AI ...
Martin Svatos
wiley   +1 more source

A Framework for Impression Management in Extra‐Financial Reporting

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper examines how organisations employ impression management tactics in extra‐financial reporting, particularly in the context of environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. As stakeholder scrutiny and regulatory expectations intensify, organisations increasingly shape non‐financial disclosures to influence perceptions of ...
Laura Ribeiro   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The metaphorical construction of complex domains : the case of speech activity in English. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In this article I provide an account of the way in which the domain of spoken communication is metaphorically constructed in English, on the basis of the analysis of over 450 metaphorical references to speech activity in a corpus of contemporary written ...
Semino, Elena
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Does Credibility Matter? The Role of Green Bond Certification in Supporting EU Taxonomy‐Aligned Investments

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainable financial instruments are increasingly promoted as tools to accelerate firms' transition toward more sustainable business models. However, skepticism remains regarding their ability to generate substantive environmental outcomes.
Federica Tonnarello, Carlo Vermiglio
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Protest and Firm ESG Performance: Elucidating Global North–South Inequalities

open access: yesCorporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In response to calls to keep global warming below 1.5°C, firms have employed responsible business practices in their operations. Neglecting their normative and ontological ethical obligations to their stakeholders has often attracted climate protests, posing a potential risk to business operations and their reputation by threatening their ...
Peter Adjei‐Bamfo   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Thresholds: The metaphorical foundations of powerful knowledge

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper advances a theoretical account of threshold concepts as metaphorical‐relational structures that reorganise meaning across contexts. Building on conceptual metaphor theory, we propose that threshold concepts can be understood as sites of schema‐level reorganisation: deep, embodied patterns of relational logic that scaffold abstract ...
Maria Karrol   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Metaphorical Triangulation [PDF]

open access: yes
Metaphors are powerful tools for explaining abstract concepts, but a single explanatory metaphor may be ineffective if the target system is sufficiently complex or the metaphor is counterintuitive.
Flusberg, Stephen
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Assessing interdisciplinary understanding: Disciplinary crossroads in the International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme

open access: yesThe Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Assessing interdisciplinary learning within school curricula remains a persistent challenge in educational research. Difficulties in articulating shared assessment criteria, alongside differing disciplinary and pedagogical perspectives, have contributed to ongoing uncertainty around how interdisciplinary learning should be evaluated.
Hermione Paddle
wiley   +1 more source

Metaphorical Construction of Children's Ideas in Science [PDF]

open access: yes
Lakoff and Johnson (1980, p.56) claim that most of our normal conceptual system is metaphorically structured; that is, most concepts are partially understood in terms of other concepts.
90237470   +4 more
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