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A Pragmatic Study of Persuasive Analogies in English Ads
Analogy is a figure of speech used in different fields including advertising. Metaphor and simile are the figurative devices used for creating analogy. Unlike metaphor and simile, analogy has not received enough attention from researchers.
Siham Alkawwaz, Saeede Al-Khalidy
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ABSTRACT Over the past decades, science education research has extensively examined the role of metaphors in teaching and learning science. However, much of the existing research has focused on verbal manifestations of metaphors, thereby overlooking aspects of metaphors that may occur in non‐verbal form. This study reconceptualises metaphors as dynamic
Magdalena Kersting +2 more
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Gaya Bahasa Simile dalam Kumpulan Puisi Balada Orang-Orang Senja Karya Sobirin Zaini
Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh pentingnya penggunaan gaya bahasa simile dalam kumpulan puisi balada orang-orang senja Karya Sobirin Zaini. Tujuan dalam penelitian ini yaitu untuk mendeskripsikan, menganalisis dan menginterpretasikan puisi balada ...
Sri Rahayu +6 more
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Abstract Based on an analysis of the Old Literary Tibetan corpus—a corpus of the oldest documented Tibetic language—the present study provides evidence that literary Tibetan v3 verb stems (commonly termed ‘future’) initially encoded passive voice. New arguments put forward in this article range from Trans‐Himalayan nominal morphology to early Tibetan ...
Joanna Bialek
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Understanding excessive sleep in people with psychotic disorders
Abstract Background There has been increasing attention to sleep disturbances such as insomnia in psychosis, due to its impact on symptoms, well‐being, and recovery. However, excessive sleep and extended sleep duration are common in psychosis (partly linked to sedating antipsychotic medication) and have been relatively neglected, despite plausible ...
Kate Robbins +2 more
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Qafiyah and Simile in a Poem “Ashadu an Laa Imraata Illaa Anti” by Nizar Qabbani
This research aimed to discover the variety of qafiyah and simile in one of Nizar Qabbani’s poetry. This belonged to qualitative descriptive research with qualitative data.
Hanik Mahliatussikah +2 more
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The Conflict Between Life and Death Instinct in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
This study aims to show how Hawthorne uses characterization techniques and figurative languages such as metaphor and simile to describe the mental state of Arthur Dimmesdale and Hester Prynne's characters.
Albertine Minderop, Syarif Hidayat
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Abstract This article considers John Betz's book Christ, the Logos of Creation as an exercise in the relation of doctrines within Christian systematic theology.
Andrew Davison
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Compound simile in Farokhi Sistani and Manoochehri’s works
Compound simile (antapodosis) is a kind of simile in which two things are likened to each other. The vehicle in this type of simile is more than one part and the image resulting from the simile is compound.
Mohammad Hakimazar
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ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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