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The Interactive Origin and the Aesthetic Modelling of Image-Schemas and Primary Metaphors [PDF]
According to the theory of conceptual metaphor, image-schemas and primary metaphors are preconceptual structures configured in human cognition, based on sensory-motor environmental activity. Focusing on the way both non-conceptual structures are embedded in early social interaction, we provide empirical evidence for the interactive and intersubjective ...
Diana I Perez
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Headship as policy narration: generating metaphors of leading in the English primary school [PDF]
This paper explores how doing headship may be considered as a form of policy narration. A key role of the headteacher as policy narrator is to tell/sell a story about their school to themselves, th...
Meg Maguire, Annette Braun
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About primary metaphors Sobre metáforas primárias
One important contribution to the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor is Grady's Primary Metaphor Hypothesis (1997), which claims that the emergence and nature of conceptual metaphors are often grounded in more experiential metaphorical patterns, called primary metaphors.
Paula Lenz Costa Lima
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One important contribution to the Contemporary Theory of Metaphor is Grady's Primary Metaphor Hypothesis (1997), which claims that the emergence and nature of conceptual metaphors are often grounded in more experiential metaphorical patterns, called primary metaphors.
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Metaphor production in the bilingual acquisition of English and Polish
Metaphor acquisition research has focused mostly on metaphor comprehension in monolingual children. Ours is the first study to examine metaphor production in young bilinguals.
Dorota Gaskins, Gabriella Rundblad
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Esistono buone metafore in scienza? Note in margine a "La linea e il circolo"
formation of concepts and hypotheses; however, not all metaphors are good. Frequently, metaphors are unsound, confusing and lead to illicit parallels. The aim of this article is to offer an understanding of metaphors that provides rational criteria for ...
Luca Cabassa
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In the study, we address the problem of existing differences in reading and understanding novel metaphors in the text fragments in native and target languages (L1 and L2), with these differences potentially attributed to both the specifics of forming ...
Maria I. Kiose
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Evolution of Prospective Secondary Education Economics Teachers’ Personal and Emotional Metaphors
This study examines personal and emotional metaphors of prospective economics teachers about the roles they themselves as teachers and their pupils would play by analysing their drawings and responses to open questions.
Lucía Mellado +3 more
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Using metaphor elicitation with pre-primary children learning English
AbstractThis article reports on a study that investigates children’s experiences and perceptions of English language learning by using a metaphor elicitation technique. Giving children a voice in the early years recognizes children as individuals and as active and capable participants in their own learning.
Ellis, Gail +1 more
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This study aimed to explore how metaphors were used to interpret the pandemic and to address its challenges in primary and secondary schools in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Alice Giuliani
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