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Metaphor and embodied cognition Metáfora e cognição corpórea
DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e Aplicada, 2010 The present paper briefly describes recent advances in cognitive science on the embodied nature of human cognition with the aim to better situating contemporary work on embodied metaphor in language and thought.
Raymond W. Gibbs Jr +1 more
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) are expected to contribute more significantly to the sustainability agenda. Digital transformation (DT) has the potential to enable SMEs to fulfil their sustainable development goals. However, SMEs encounter unique challenges in leveraging DT for sustainability due to their size, limited resources and
Phuc G. Le +3 more
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Primary Root and Cognitive-Comparative Method for Its Research
RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2015 The paper considers the primary root. The ancient primary roots’ existence is proved. Primary root’s sense doesn’t change, it translates through ages. The meanings are transformed by metonymy and metaphor; such transformations get the form of the words ...
U A Karpenko
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Looking Awry at Language: A Brief Overview of Paradox from the Perspective of Cognitive Linguistics [PDF]
Literary ArtsThe present study investigates paradox as a cognitive phenomenon within the framework of conceptual metaphor and metonymy, challenging its conventional classification as a rhetorical device.
Raziyeh Hojatizadeh
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study theorises and empirically tests performative purpose alignment theory (PPAT), which conceptualises corporate purpose as a performative artefact materialised through discursive and multimodal signals. To operationalise this, we introduced the SDG–Purpose Alignment Index (SPAI), a computational construct that quantifies the thematic ...
Augustine Okeke, Ifeanyi Ugbebor
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Metaphor in social thought [PDF]
Whereas a number of influences have directed the attention of sociologists and others towards language as a feature of social phenomena, these same influences have served to reveal wide discrepancies in the place accorded to figurative language, and to
Lambourn, David Malcolm
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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The circular economy, dominated by capitalocentric, technocentric, and eco‐modernist discourses, risks perpetuating systemic injustice because of its limited consideration of the social and of what is possible. In this article, we examine how social justice can be embedded into circular business models (CBMs)—key drivers of the circular ...
Fernando C. Lit +3 more
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Consumer Adoption of Internet of Things
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, Volume 24, Issue 2, Page 673-693, March 2025.ABSTRACT The Internet of Things (IoT), a pivotal technology in enhancing user connectivity, faces a paradox: its widespread potential yet limited consumer adoption. This study addresses this dichotomy by synthesizing a large‐scale meta‐analytic structural equation modeling (MASEM) and hierarchical linear meta‐analysis (HiLMA) of 2736 effect sizes from ...
Wagner Junior Ladeira +6 more
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All Quiet on the Luxury Front: How and When Sustainability Labels Influence Purchase Behavior
Journal of Consumer Behaviour, EarlyView.ABSTRACT As luxury brands launch sustainability initiatives and products, they face significant challenges, including the need to effectively communicate their practices to consumers. The current research draws on semiotics theory to explore how and when distinct types of sustainability labels, indexical and iconic, enhance brand authenticity ...
Shelly Rathee +2 more
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A Framework for Impression Management in Extra‐Financial Reporting
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines how organisations employ impression management tactics in extra‐financial reporting, particularly in the context of environmental, social and governance (ESG) concerns. As stakeholder scrutiny and regulatory expectations intensify, organisations increasingly shape non‐financial disclosures to influence perceptions of ...
Laura Ribeiro +3 more
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