Like-simile and metaphor in cooperation: from expressing similarities to expressing contrasts
Language and Semiotic StudiesCognitive-oriented work on simile has developed out of attempts to pinpoint features distinguishing simile and metaphor. This development has had such consequences as 1) focusing on simile as an analogy-based process and 2) giving very little attention ...
Reda Ghsoon
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Analysis of translated tropes: metaphors, similes & analogies in a case study of the English & Dutch translations of the Russian poet Alexander Galich [PDF]
, 2010 Since Even-Zohar and Toury introduced a target-culture approach in translation studies, research focus turned to the effect of the target text on the reader. Consequently, it is, among other things, important to study the translation of typical elements
Rura, Lidia
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Conversational Humor in Intercultural Communication
International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Volume 36, Issue 1, Page 488-497, February 2026.ABSTRACT This study identifies failed attempts at conversational humor that were either not appreciated or resulted in impoliteness as produced by English as a lingua franca (ELF) users from the Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Indonesia, and Myanmar who were engaging in intercultural communication.
Zhaoyi Pan
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The Problem of Theophany in Paradiso 33 [PDF]
, 2011 One widely discussed feature of Paradiso 33 is Dante’s emphasis on his failure to represent in words and memory his pilgrim’s exalted vision of the Trinity.
Aleksander, Jason
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Utilizing traditional literature to triangulate the ecological history of a tropical savanna
People and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 1, Page 81-98, January 2026.Abstract The ecological history of tropical savannas remains a subject of intense debate and of high conservation relevance. Despite emerging evidence suggesting the antiquity of tropical savannas, the misconception that all tropical savannas are products of anthropogenic deforestation still dominates public and policy spheres.
Ashish N. Nerlekar, Digvijay Patil
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Lawnmower Poetry and the Poetry of Lawnmowers
Critical Quarterly, Volume 68, Issue 1, Page 4-42, April 2026.
Francesca Gardner
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Hephaistos’ shield and Achilles’ delight: a study of Iliad XVIII and XIX [PDF]
, 2010 Stephen Scully talk at the University of Dallas ...
Scully, Stephen
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Gilgamesh, i miti e 'l'eterno ritorno': intervista con Paola Capriolo, Milan, September 2003 [PDF]
, 2005 Since my 1996 interview, recorded in the pages of this journal, Paola Capriolo has continued to be an exceptionally prolific author. Five more novels have appeared since then (bringing her total to ten), in addition to four translations of German texts ...
Ania, GF
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Acehnese adolescents’ awareness of Acehnese idiom and simile
Studies in English Language and Education, 2019 Acehnese language is rich in its figurative languages such as in forms of idioms and similes. Acehnese people have been magnifying the idioms and similes over decades to soften utterances, and they are inherited from generation to generation ...
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"Violating'' Clauser-Horne inequalities within classical mechanics [PDF]
, 2000 Some authors have raised the question whether the probabilities stemming from a quantum mechanical computation are entitled to enter the Bell and the Clauser-Horne inequalities. They have remarked that if the quantum probabilities are given the status of
Antoci, S., Mihich, L.
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