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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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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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Emotional Concept of Abneigung: Core Features and Lexical Representations
The present research featured a complex description of non-verbal and verbal representations of the emotional concept of Abneigung (antipathy ) in the German linguistic worldview.
Izabella V. Korogodina
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Explaining time-oriented conceptual metaphors in place in Persian fourth grade primary school text book based on Lakoff and Johnson’s approach [PDF]
The concept of reading literacy is one of the important goals of educational research through which students perceive and understand textbooks during the educational period.
Seyede Parvin Sā’emin +2 more
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Metaphors and gestures in music teaching: an examination of junior high schools in Taiwan [PDF]
In cognitive metaphor theory, metaphor is a conceptual and experiential process that structures our world. This study, taking an applied linguistic' view on CMT, examines how metaphor is manifested in speech and via gestures by music teachers in ...
Chuang, Ya-Chin
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Este trabalho apresenta um estudo interlingüístico 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, monolíngües,
Maity Siqueira, Regina Ritter Lamprecht
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Metaphor and embodied cognition Metáfora e cognição corpórea
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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Metaphors of mindfulness [PDF]
This critical comparison of Morgan’s (2006) ‘Images of Organization’ and Hanh’s (2013) ‘Work’ considers whether Hanh offers new insights and metaphors.
Scherer, B., Waistell, J.
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Seventh graders’ perceptions of physical education courses
This study aims at determining eighth graders’ views and thoughts of physical education courses in primary education schools through metaphors. The study group was composed of 58 students attending Altınşehir Primary Education school located in Adıyaman ...
Mustafa Koc, İbrahim Sahın
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