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The Curriculum Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Curriculum reform provides a vital opportunity for nations to ensure learners are equipped to fully participate as citizens in the 21st century. This paper presents an understanding of educators’ response to curriculum reform, and some of its enablers and barriers.
Alison Glover +5 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT While REDD+ prioritizes carbon sequestration, its narrow focus often overlooks forest‐health linkages critical to community well‐being. This paper examines the holistic model of Health in Harmony (HIH) and Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI), which integrates forest conservation with healthcare through radical listening—a decolonial community engagement
Angie Hsu +3 more
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METAPHOR IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE
Lingua Montenegrina, 2010 The author has attempted to demonstrate the degree of the presence and function of metaphor in political discourse in the case of print media in Bosnia and Herzegovina during the last war (1992–1995). In that sense, she especially wants to show the frequency of conceptual metaphors and their influence on the formation of
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Metaphors in political tweets during national elections [PDF]
, 2018 The use of metaphors in political discourse has been constantly researched through the decades. Primarily, metaphors act as a rhetorical device in political discourse aimed at characterising political figures, opponents, events and citizens in persuading
Ramanathan, Renugah +2 more
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Environmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The international conservation and natural resources communities have increasingly embraced the principle of community participation. This rhetoric around participation has gained power and influence in setting countries' agendas for natural resources governance, largely without a sound understanding of public opinion on the issues.
Rachel S. Friedman +3 more
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From Metaphors to Scenes: Mariano Rajoy’s Presidential Inauguration Speech
Calidoscópio, 2013 The international economic crisis through which the central European countries are passing has been related, in the last years, to a strong critique on the policies and actions of the governments. In this context, the investiture of Mariano Rajoy and the
Cristian Santibáñez Yáñez +1 more
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A linguistic study of Islamic religious discourse: conceptual metaphors in the prophetic tradition
, 2011 PhDThis study examines the emergence of metaphorical language in the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings and tradition. It principally argues that the selection of metaphors in the Prophetic discourse is chiefly governed by the rhetorical aim of persuasion ...
El-Sharif, Ahmad
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Keeping their powder dry: Purity, pollution, and handgun ownership among Jewish women in Israel
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines the gendered practices through which Jewish women in Israel experience and negotiate personal handgun ownership in everyday life. Drawing on interviews, participant observation in gun‐related spaces, and analysis of women‐only online forums, we explore the expanding participation of Jewish women in civilian gun ownership,
Maya Maor +3 more
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Aftasten/Tantear: A sensorial, coalitional wayfinding among Muslim runners
Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract Muslim recreational runners in Muslim‐minority settings that take up running as their preferred form of leisure indicate that they feel they have to navigate a sense of exclusion when running outdoors. This article explores the process of exploration and sensing in public, represented by the Dutch verb aftasten, to investigate the way Muslim ...
Jasmijn Rana
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Sports Metaphors in American Political Discourse
Armenian Folia Anglistika, 2019 In cognitive linguistics, conceptual metaphor refers to the understanding of an idea in terms of another familiar object. As conceptual metaphors are great persuasive means due to their ability to make unfamiliar things familiar, we have analyzed ...
Mariam Askarian, Hovhannes Vanesyan
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