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Primary metaphors in language acquisition an Interlinguistic Study

open access: yes, 2007
Este trabalho apresenta um estudo intralinguístico e evolutivo da compreensão de oito metáforas primárias sob a perspectiva da Teoria da Metáfora Conceitual. Os dados foram obtidos através de entrevistas com crianças de 3 a 10 anos de idade, monolíngues,
Siqueira, Maity Simone Guerreiro   +1 more
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An Examination of Pre-Service Primary School Teachers’ Comprehension of The Concept of Physics Through Metaphors [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The aim of this study is to lay bare pre-service primary school teachers perception of physics through metaphors. The study was realized with the participation of 38 freshmen pre-service teachers taking General Physics at a public university. Data of the
Işil Aykutlu
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Public Opinion About Community Participation in Natural Resources Governance: A Population Survey in Indonesia and Malaysia

open access: yesEnvironmental 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
wiley   +1 more source

Transition From Child to Adult Eating Disorder Services: A Qualitative Meta‐Aggregation

open access: yesEuropean Eating Disorders Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Some young people with eating disorders (EDs) require transfer from paediatric to adult services, which can be difficult and distressing. While most research on this topic is qualitative, no qualitative focused synthesis yet exists.
Amelia Austin   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

(Mega-) metaphor in the text-worlds of economic crisis: towards a situated view of metaphor in discourse [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Building on Werth’s (1994) notion of ‘megametaphor’, in this thesis I examine the discourse-level conceptual effects of metaphor in five op-ed articles about the 2008 British financial crisis.
Browse, Sam
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Aftasten/Tantear: A sensorial, coalitional wayfinding among Muslim runners

open access: yesFeminist 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
wiley   +1 more source

Visual Manifestations of Primary Metaphors Through Mise-en-scène Techniques

open access: yes, 2014
Grady distinguishes two main types of metaphor in order to provide a solution in the controversies stemming from the conceptual theory of metaphor: correlation-based metaphors and resemblance metaphors. In “correlation-based metaphors”, the source domain
Ortiz, Maria J.
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Synaesthetic metaphors are neither synaesthetic nor metaphorical [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Speakers often use metaphor when talking about the contents of perception. For example, a word such as sweet can be used to talk metaphorically about sensory impressions that are not directly related to taste, as in so-called “synaesthetic metaphors ...
Winter, Bodo; id_orcid, Bodo Winter
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Beyond the Classroom: Cognitive and Educational Insights Into Gameplay‐Based Second Language Learning

open access: yesFuture in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This pilot study investigated how the narrative‐rich Chinese AAA game Black Myth: Wukong supports advanced Mandarin learners. Using reflective journals, semi‐structured interviews, and exploratory electroencephalogram (EEG), we examined learners' cognitive, affective, and cultural experiences.
ShuPei Wang   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On metaphors in images

open access: yes, 2003
Proceeding from the assumption that metaphors as well as pictures are iconic signs, the present contribution studies what happens when metaphors occur in figurative pictures. The author distinguishes between primary iconicity, the recognition of which is
Sonesson, Göran,, Lund University.
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