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On Anaphors Linked to Names Used Metaphorically [PDF]
Organon F, 2021 In their 2018 paper “On the Metaphoric Use of (Fictional) Proper Names”, Corazza & Genovesi explored what speakers do when they utter a fictional name in a metaphorical way to refer to actual individuals.
Eros Corazza, Christopher Genovesi
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Експресивизмите като реторично средство в публичната реч
Zeszyty Cyrylo-Metodiańskie, 2021 Expressive Units as a Rhetoric Means in Public Speech. The aim of the study is to establish which language units in Bulgarian could be defined as expressive and what is their frequency and function in public speech.
Dencheva, Dilyana
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Emotions in Hospital School Professionals: An Approach from Cognitive Linguistics
Children, 2022 The question that frames this work is: What evidence of the emotional impact of working in hospital schools is found in the metaphorical language used by the professionals who work there? The purpose of this research is to contribute to the understanding
Álvaro Javier González Concha +2 more
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The Metaphors “Human-Animal”, “Animal-Human” in T. Morrison’s Novel “Beloved”
Дискурс, 2022 Introduction. The study investigates the role of the metaphors “human-animal”, “animalhuman” based on the novel “Beloved” by T. Morrison. The relevance of the research lies in the lack of knowledge of the linguistic specifics of this landmark novel for ...
J. G. Timralieva, M. S. Breitling
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The strategic use of metaphors by political and media elites: the 2007-11 Belgian constitutional crisis [PDF]
, 2013 On 9 December 2011 a new Belgian government was sworn in after a record-breaking 541 days of negotiations between all democratic political forces with the aim to alter the constitution and provide more autonomy to the different regions that make up ...
Cammaerts, Bart
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Determination of the perceptions of sports managers about sport concept: A metaphor analysis study [PDF]
, 2018 The aim of this research is to determine the perceptions of sport managers in Turkey on the concept of sport by means of metaphors. 74 sport managers participated in the research.
Kurtipek, S., Sönmezoğlu, Uğur
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Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2019 The main aim of this research is to longitudinally examine the shift in teaching students’ professional beliefs about the teacher-pupil role during the course of their studies.
Vlasta Vizek Vidović, Vlatka Domović
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The role of avatars in e-government interfaces [PDF]
, 2014 This paper investigates the use of avatars to communicate live message in e-government interfaces. A comparative study is presented that evaluates the contribution of multimodal metaphors (including avatars) to the usability of interfaces for e ...
C.F. Camerer +5 more
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Personal Ideals as Metaphors [PDF]
, 2017 What is it to have and act on a personal ideal? Someone who aspires to be a philosopher might imaginatively think “I am a philosopher” by way of motivating herself to think hard about a philosophical question.
Riggle, Nick
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Autism = Death: The social and medical impact of a catastrophic medical model of autistic spectrum disorders [PDF]
, 2008 This discussion interrogates the continuing impact of the pervasive and persistent usage of debilitating metaphors perpetuating ‘historical’ superstitions, myths and beliefs surrounding disability.
Waltz, Mitzi
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