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Isotopy and textual metaphorization

Gragoatá, 2009
This paper discusses the role of isotopy in textual metaphorization, as described by Leite (2007). The article starts from the hypothesis that metapho­rization is a particular mode of metaphor mani­festation that resizes interpretation to discourse level,
Ricardo Lopes Leite
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METAPHORIZATION AND METONYMIZATIO: DIACHRONIC DEVELOPMENT OF VERBS OF VOLITION IN SOUTHERN MIN [PDF]

Taiwan Journal of Linguistics, 2009
This paper investigates the diachrony of the verbs of volition ai and beh in Southern Min (SM). The data include historical SM texts (16th-19th century), folk songs in the late 19th to early 20th century, and contemporary natural Taiwanese Southern Min ...
Miao-Hsia Chang
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Metaphor as an Element of Persuasion in Political Discourse

Communications, 2012
This paper deals with the concept of metaphor as manifested in political discourse. The focus of the paper is on how metaphors achieve their persuasive function in political discourse and how politicians make use of metaphors.
Marek Hampl
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Geographical terminology in the medical metaphor mirror

Russian Social and Humanitarian Studies
Background. One cannot call the development of a science effective if its conceptual apparatus doesn’t possess strict scientific terminology. Being the main linguistic component of any professional language, special terminology plays a major role in ...
Luiza V. Nadeina, Elena A. Prineslik
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The phenomenon of metaphor in Russian language studies: from the past to the future

Russian Language Studies, 2019
The article analyzes the tendencies in scientific views on metaphor in Russian language studies in the past and present with a forecast for the future. Different stages in the study of metaphor, starting from traditional rhetorical approach, going back ...
Sergei B Kurash
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Formation of Neologisms with English Component ‘Lockdown’ in Modern german

Научный диалог, 2022
During the pandemic, the German language lexicon was replenished with socially significant keywords, including anglicism ‘Lockdown’. The study of new formations on the basis of socially significant generating bases is important for studying the dynamics ...
I. B. Akkuratova, M. I. Doynikova
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COGNITIVE-COMMUNICATIVE STRATEGIES FOR TRANSLATING CHILDREN’S POPULAR SCIENCE DISCOURSE

Філологічні трактати
The article examines the specific features of the cognitive-communicative approach to translating children’s popular science discourse. The theoretical foundations of combining cognitive and communicative aspects of translation activity are outlined ...
Maryna Chernyk, Oleksandra Pavliv
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Role of Metaphor in Forming Military Discourse Terminology (by Material of English Periodicals)

Научный диалог, 2017
The article is devoted to the study of metaphor as a cognitive mechanism for the creation of a new term, based on the integration and reinvention of knowledge in the light of background information and new field of special knowledge.
K. A. Degtyarenko
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Semantic Development in Taiwan Mandarin-Speaking Children: A Study of V-Diao

Languages
This study investigates the semantic development of V-diao in Taiwan Mandarin-speaking children, focusing on how they acquire both literal and non-literal meanings.
Chun-Yin Doris Chen, Jheng-Syun Eliot Huang   +1 more
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Discourse Marker Dico in the 16 th Century Italian Language

Вестник Волгоградского государственного университета: Серия 2. Языкознание, 2019
The article is devoted to the functional and semantic analysis of the form dico in the 16 th-century Italian language, the main aim being to show how it gradually begins to function as a discourse marker.
Lyubov I. Zholudeva
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