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CROSS-CULTURAL ASPECTS OF METAPHORICAL FRAMING IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE
The article examines cross-cultural aspects of metaphorical framing in political discourse. The author notes the importance of conceptual metaphor in framing the conceptual domain of politics, political discourse as a whole, its perception as well as ...
T. V. Andryukhina
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A connectionist account of the emergence of the literal-metaphorical-anomalous distinction in young children [PDF]
We present the first developmental computational model of metaphor comprehension, which seeks to relate the emergence of a distinction between literal and non-literal similarity in young children to the development of semantic representations.
Thomas, Michael S.C. +2 more
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Metaphorical Framing of Obesity [PDF]
The study of metaphor has moved from abstraction and poetics into the realms of cognitive science and cultural studies. Rather than being seen as purely figurative and secondary to literal meaning, investigation of metaphors reveals a close relationship ...
Hofer, Ryan Paul
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Metaphorical framing in political discourse through words vs. concepts: A meta-analysis [PDF]
Conceptual metaphor theory and other important theories in metaphor research are often experimentally tested by studying the effects of metaphorical frames on individuals’ reasoning.
Christian Burgers +2 more
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‘Waves’ and ‘flashes’ of the pandemic: How COVID-19 metaphors in Russian media influence reasoning [PDF]
In this study, we examined how metaphors used in the Russian media to describe the COVID-19 virus affect the audience’s judgment about the virus and their willingness to take a vaccine.
Ivan Aslanov
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Does the COVID-19 war metaphor influence reasoning?
In recent times, many alarm bells have begun to sound: the metaphorical presentation of the COVID-19 emergency as a war might be dangerous, because it could affect the way people conceptualize the pandemic and react to it, leading citizens to endorse ...
Francesca Panzeri +2 more
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The current paper deals with metaphorical framing of the COVID-19 pandemic and public response to it in the public and media discourse. Being one of the most dramatic global challenges of the third Millennium, the COVID-19 pandemic spurred ...
Inna Skrynnikova, Tatiana Astafurova
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Metaphors can be used to influence people´s decision-making processes. In the judicial context, the use of metaphors is widespread, but its influence on the decision-making process in court has rarely been studied.
Mohnke Margaux +2 more
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Understanding metaphor: A relational frame perspective [PDF]
The current article presents a basic functional-analytic interpretation of metaphor. This work involves an extension of Skinner's (1957) interpretation of metaphor using relational frame theory (RFT). A basic RFT interpretation of a particular metaphor is outlined, according to which the metaphor acquires its psychological effects when formal stimulus ...
I, Stewart, D, Barnes-Holmes
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Effects of metaphorical framing on understanding of cardiovascular disease
This preregistration outlines a study investigating how metaphorical framing influences the understanding of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and related psychological outcomes.
Giulia Magni, Peter J. Schulz
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