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Dharmamegha in yoga and yogācāra: the revision of a superlative metaphor
Journal of Indian Philosophy, 2020 The Pātañjalayogaśāstra concludes with a description of the pinnacle of yoga practice: a state of samādhi called dharmamegha, cloud of dharma. Yet despite the structural importance of dharmamegha in the soteriology of Pātañjala yoga, the śāstra itself ...
K. O’Brien-Kop
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Falling pupil numbers and school closures: Setting a research agenda for a new era of precarity
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the significant phenomenon of decreasing pupil numbers in England due to lower birth rates and the impact of a school closure on a school community. It then discusses how the sociology of education might research this major issue.
Eleanor Fagan, Alice Bradbury
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The metaphor of the dog in Arabic Literature
Tydskrif vir Letterkunde, 2018 This essay deals with the metaphor of the dog in Arabic philosophical literature. The metaphor is viewed in relation to the imagery of the rider and the horse, which vividly demonstrates the dynamic relation of the three faculties of the soul.
Yasien Mohamed
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The mental health and wellbeing of young people has received increasing attention in both research and the wider public discourse. There has been a marked rise in mental health conditions in young people, and the burden of care is increasingly transferred onto schools and teachers.
Thomas Godfrey‐Faussett +6 more
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Is This a Metaphor? On the Difficult Task of Identifying Metaphors in Scientific Discourse
Cultura, Lenguaje y Representación, 2014 This article focuses on the problem of metaphor identification in scientific language. In Conceptual Metaphor Theory, metaphors are often observed on the conceptual level.
Juliana Goschler
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Mental health is a critical issue globally, with young people being one of the most affected groups. Young people have campaigned vehemently for a ‘curriculum for life,’ arguing that their education is failing to meet their needs (British Council, 2022).
Lisa Stephenson, Helen Young
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Donald Trump’s political campaign rhetoric. A cognitive study
Crossroads, 2019 Politicians recruit conceptual metaphors, as these means enable them to talk about abstract political problems in terms of more tangible and commonplace entities.
Martyna Awier
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Debates surrounding motherhood have long centred on women's roles as carers. Although motherhood is now more widely recognised within feminist scholarship, it often remains conceptually separate from identities associated with formal educational discourse.
Lavinia Kamphausen +3 more
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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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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The intertwined crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation represent profound global challenges. Education holds a unique role in enabling all young people to navigate uncertainty, participate meaningfully in decision‐making and contribute to more just and sustainable ways of living.
Julie Robinson +2 more
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