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Metaphorical constructs and semiotic expressions in the BBC Yoruba Internet memes of English Premier League match results

open access: yesLanguage and Semiotic Studies
This paper explores the deployment of metaphors in the BBC Yoruba-medium football results of the English Premier League, examining how cultural metaphorical choices shape meaning in online sport discourse.
Osisanwo Ayo, Alugbin Matthew
doaj   +1 more source

Does The Legacy of Colonialism Define Islamism? Analyzing Hallaq’s Critique of Islamic Political Modernity

open access: yesAfkaruna: Indonesian Interdisciplinary Journal of Islamic Studies
This paper critically examines Wael Hallaq’s argument that contemporary Islamist movements are structurally shaped by colonial modernity and that the modern Islamic state is a hybrid formation rooted in Western political epistemologies rather than an ...
Danyal Ahmad   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tracing change in the public perception of plants: insights from archives and social media in China

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
As urbanization accelerates, historic gardens serve as vital cultural treasures that offer spiritual and cultural support to the public. This study proposes an innovative approach that merges historical records from the Qing Dynasty with contemporary social media data to explore changes in public perceptions of these gardens.
Dong Xu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

From “Mirror Flower, Water Moon” to Multi‐Task Visual Prospective Representation Learning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Indoor Mapless Navigation

open access: yesJournal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vision‐based deep learning models have been widely adopted in autonomous agents, such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), particularly in reactive control policies that serve as a key component of navigation systems. These policies enable agents to respond instantaneously to dynamic environments without relying on pre‐existing maps.
Yingxiu Chang   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Making Good Sense: Pragmatism's Mastery of Meaning, Truth, and Workable Rule of Law [PDF]

open access: yes
The hermeneutic pragmatism explored in this article timely examines how “post-truth” claims over-estimate semantic freedoms while at the same time underestimating semantic and pre-semantic restraints.
Lloyd, Harold Anthony
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Life Is Strange and ‘‘Games Are Made’’: A Philosophical Interpretation of a Multiple-Choice Existential Simulator With Copilot Sartre [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The multiple-choice video game Life is Strange was described by its French developers as a metaphor for the inner conflicts experienced by a teenager in trying to become an adult.
de Miranda, Luis
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Emotional Implications of Metaphor: Consequences of Metaphor Framing forMindset about Hardship

open access: yes, 2016
Do metaphors shape people’s emotional states and mindsetsfor dealing with hardship? Natural language metaphors mayact as frames that encourage people to reappraise anemotional situation, changing the way they respond to it.Recovery from cancer is one type of adversity that manypeople face, and it can be mediated by the mindset peopleadopt.
Hendricks, Rose, Boroditsky, Lera
openaire   +1 more source

Queer in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics: Following the Intersections of Queerness, Transness and Science Identities

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This multiple case study explores the intersections of queerness/transness and science education through a combined framework of queer theory, intersectionality, the construct of figured worlds and science identity. The study uses a life‐history approach to characterize the trajectories of three purposefully selected queer individuals who are ...
Nelly K. M. Marosi   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Epistemic Generativity of Using a Model of a Big Idea

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Science instruction should involve learners in generating and warranting ideas, what we call epistemic generation. In modeling instruction, epistemic generation should be achieved by coordinating a model structure with the experienced world in reciprocal directions denoted as developing models and using models. In the former, a model structure
Jonathan T. Shemwell, Daniel K. Capps
wiley   +1 more source

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