Le palimpseste collocationnel : mécanismes productifs de formation des collocations métaphoriques V + N [PDF]
In this article we argue in favor of a useful model to explain the productive mechanisms of formation of verb + noun metaphorical collocations. We postulate that verbo-nominal collocations, relating to human activities and relating to the fields of ...
Cosimo De Giovanni
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Cognitive linguistics approach to the representation of knowledge contents in college English textbooks [PDF]
This paper proposes a metaphor-based textbook analysis model from a macroscopic perspective and abstracts it with the “Source–Path–Goal (SPG)” image schema. Seeking new insights from cognitive linguistic theory, as well as conceptual metaphor theory (CMT)
Li Zhang, Zaishu Mo
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Metaphorical somatonyms of northern Samogitians: artefactual motivational model [PDF]
The article presents the analysis of the onomasiological structure of the metaphorical somatonyms of Northern Samogitians, focusing on the indicators of the source of metaphors.
Jūratė Lubienė, Dalia Pakalniškienė
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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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Mixed martial arts discourse as a variety of sports martial and interactive discourses [PDF]
The article dwells on the English language mixed martial arts (MMA) discourse which is interpreted as a variety of sports martial and interactive discourses. The main concepts that represent the entertaining aspect of MMA discourse are singled out. Among
Alexeyev, Alexander Borisovich
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Cultural Specificity of the “Housing” – “Family” Metaphor in Kazakh Wedding Toast [PDF]
The article deals with some aspects of a metaphorical understanding of the concept of “family” in Kazakh culture. The study is based on the material of the texts of Kazakh wedding toasts.
Temirgazina , Zifa Kakbaevna +1 more
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Metaphorical Representation of Coronavirus in Medical Myths
This paper focuses on metaphorical representation of coronavirus in medical myths on the example of the British media. To attain this goal, the descriptive metaphor theory is used for the analysis of metaphorical models for the conceptualization of ...
Elena S. Stepanova
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The paper considers the metaphorical models as a way of conceptual-metaphorical representation of migration policies pursued by the German federal government in the texts of official statements of the right-wing opposition party “Alternative for Germany”
T. S. Medvedeva, V. E. Kazakova
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The Metaphors of Rain in Lithuanian and Russian Poetry
The current article, which is one of the further researches on the metaphors of natural phenomena in Lithuanian and Russian poetry, discusses the metaphors of rain (based on the works of 45 Lithuanian and 57 Russian poets).
Jelena Konickaja, Birutė Jasiūnaitė
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Subject Metaphors of Stars in Lithuanian and Russian Poetic Texts
The current article, that follows the research cycle analyzing natural phenomena metaphors, examines the star metaphors identified in the works of 40 Lithuanian and 54 Russian poets (mostly 20th century).
Jelena Konickaja +1 more
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