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Images of Birds in the History of Portuguese Poetry: Features of Metaphorics [PDF]
Studia Litterarum, 2022 The article offers a review regarding to the metaphorical reinterpretations of lexemes relating to the semantic field “bird” in the best Portuguese poems, whose works are distinguished by continuity and are based on the poetic accomplishments and ...
Marina V. Kuteva, Varvara A. Makhortova
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Procedural embodiment and magic in linear equations [PDF]
, 2008 How do students think about algebra? Here we consider a theoretical framework which builds from natural human functioning in terms of embodiment – perceiving the world, acting on it and reflecting on the effect of the actions – to shift to the use of ...
Nogueira de Lima , Rosana, Tall, David
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Contextualizing symbol, symbolizing context [PDF]
AIP Conference Proceedings, 2017 When students learn algebra for the first time, inevitably they are experiencing transition from arithmetic to algebraic thinking. Once students could apprehend this essential mathematical knowledge, they are cultivating their ability in solving daily life problems by applying algebra.
Septiani Yugni Maudy +2 more
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The Two Meanings of Sound Symbolism
Open Linguistics, 2017 This article deals with sound symbolism and the ways to interpret sound symbolic phenomena. Sound symbolism appears to be a universal phenomenon but linguists tend to neglect it or offer heterogeneous approaches and definitions.
Elsen Hilke
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Sound symbolism facilitates word learning in 14-month-olds.
PLoS ONE, 2015 Sound symbolism, or the nonarbitrary link between linguistic sound and meaning, has often been discussed in connection with language evolution, where the oral imitation of external events links phonetic forms with their referents (e.g., Ramachandran ...
Mutsumi Imai +6 more
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Raising Awareness about Water Issues: The Role of Water Symbolism and Proverbs
, 2013 Sustainable water management is one of the global grand challenges of our time. Tackling this challenge through corrective actions would require the participation of the general public, a public with sound awareness of the challenge and commitment.
Araya, Yoseph Negusse, Sindik, Joško
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Solar symbolism in the cultures of Eurasia. Archetype and chronology of formation [PDF]
Cultural Heritage and Modern TechnologiesThe symbolism of the spiral and the meander is well known from the ornaments on Minoan and Mycenaean artifacts, while the roots of this symbolism can be traced chronologically much deeper than these cultures and have been fixed since the Paleolithic era.
Parshikov S.A., Gienko E.G.
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Where did Words Come from? A Linking Theory of Sound Symbolism and Natural Language Evolution [PDF]
, 2008 Where did words come from? The traditional view is that the relation between the sound of a word and its meaning is arbitrary. An alternative hypothesis, known as sound symbolism, holds that form-meaning correspondence is systematic. Numerous examples of
David Biun +3 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the growing influence of young people's activism in UK museums and its educational implications. It draws on a five‐year collaborative programme (2019–2023) with young people of colour (16–28) in a university museum setting, focusing on a Young Collective established to address cultural inequalities.
Sadia Habib
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East Asian PolicyThis article examines ASEAN’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) as a regional diplomatic framework and compares it with the Indo-Pacific strategies of major and middle powers, such as the United States, Japan and Australia.
Aris SARJITO
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