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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Metaphor Analysis"”.
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Diversity in IS research : a fictive metaphor analysis
… in Lakoff and Johnson's (1980) work with metaphors, the results show that Information Systems research may not be as diverse as was initially thought. Of the three primary views of key Information Systems concepts - machine, organism and culture - the study finds a distinct bias toward …
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Diversity in IS research : a fictive metaphor analysis
… in Lakoff and Johnson's (1980) work with metaphors, the results show that Information Systems research may not be as diverse as was initially thought. Of the three primary views of key Information Systems concepts - machine, organism and culture - the study finds a distinct bias toward …
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On Being an ESL Teacher in Saskatchewan: Exploring Professional Identity Using Metaphor Analysis
… inquiry is an exploration of the professional metaphors ESL teachers in Saskatchewan choose to conceptualize and position themselves as language teachers. By situating the metaphors narratively, within a collective case study, the ways in which they are (in-)formed by experiences as students …
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The Journey Home: A Root-metaphor Analysis of the 1840 Mormon Manchester Hymn Book
… Manchester hymnbook. Using qualitative root-metaphor analysis, the author identified and analyzed expressions, supporting an emergent journey root-metaphor. He then divided the expressions into eight categories, each describing important and distinct aspects of the Journey. These categories …
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Root metaphor analysis in marital communication : an alternative method to studying coping mechanisms of dual-career spouses.
… examines: (1) the content and function of root metaphors used by dual-career spouses to describe their experiences; (2) the content of conversational topics discussed by dual-career spouses in their day-to-day conversations with one another; (3) gender differences in selected metaphors and …
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Black and blue: A metaphoric criticism
… lyrics apply rhetorical invention, specifically metaphor. Analysis of a sample of songs from the Blues Hall of Fame first explores how classical rhetorical devices are utilized in blues lyrics; Secondly, through metaphoric criticism the unique idiom of the blues reveals a strong trend towards …
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‘Intercultural Communication Challenges and Impact on Multicultural Teams in Saudi Arabian Companies – Perceptions and Roles on Beliefs of Trust’
… tools were used: questionnaire, interviews, and metaphor analysis. This method has not been utilised before in the literature to study the conceptualisation of trust. 482 members of multicultural teams working in four international companies have participated in the questionnaire as well as 38 …
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How do registered nurses learn about practice? A qualitative study
… focus groups (Davies et al 2001). Linguistic metaphor analysis was carried out on the written and verbal data which was coded, categorized and organised into themes. <br></br><br></br>The study revealed a number of attributes in relation to learning about practice. Whilst many participants …
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Evaluating the effectiveness of design support for small and medium sized enterprises in Scotland.
… were used as additional sources. A thematic analysis and a systematic metaphor analysis were employed to examine the resulting data. The research has highlighted a number of key issues that are pivotal to the success of design support for SMEs. This PhD research also proposes two explanatory …
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Developing managers in the European subsidiary of a UK financial services organisation.
… interviews; participant observation; document analysis; metaphor analysis; analytical memos and a research diary. The research population covered a number of managers and team leaders within ESI, and the immediate parent company, FSD. The findings from this research study suggest the need for …
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A narrative inquiry exploring the nature of postgraduate research students' wellbeing
… themes were created using reflexive thematic analysis (Braun and Clarke, 2022) and three narratives of wellbeing were compiled using dialogical narrative analysis (Frank, 2010). The unexpected prevalence of metaphor led to metaphor analysis, guided by Cameron and Maslen (2010), and the …
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Psychosocial factors affecting enactment of pro-environmental values by individuals in their work to influence organisational practices
… Integrating Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis with frame and metaphor analysis in an innovative transdisciplinary and cross-level methodology, my study enquires into the lived, embodied and situated experience of six sustainability managers and leaders in the UK and Canada in their …
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"Alexa? What Keeps Consumers From Engaging With You?"
… with smart speakers. It also employs a metaphor analysis technique to identify moderating variables that may strengthen or weaken relationships between user, task, and technology characteristics and engagement. Findings from study one brought forth several user, task, and technology …
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Student Interactions, Attitudes and Engagement During Literacy Events in a Second Grade Classroom: A Case Study of Five Struggling Readers
… weeks of the 2010-2011 school year. Inductive analysis was used to analyze the field note, and student and teacher interview data. Metaphor analysis was used to further analyze the teacher interview data.</p><p>Analysis revealed three themes within this data set, which are literacy environment …
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Understanding how to enhance multi-actor learning: An investigation into the Scottish Disaster Risk Reduction Context
… through the form of Visually Augmented Elicited Metaphor Analysis (VAEMA) which helps to explore the experience of learning and the wider processes which emerge using the concept learning as a journey. This research therefore provides a rich description through the development of a framework …
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Designing metaphor-fluid voice user interfaces
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2025-02-04 without embargo terms
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In ruimtes vasgekeer: 'n Kognitiewe benadering tot metafore in dekoloniale diskoers
Afrikaans: Die kognitiewe linguistiek voer aan dat meeste abstrakte konsepte slegs in terme van metafore bedink en verstaan kan word. Dekolonialiteit as abstrakte konsep is steeds ’n vurige besprekingspunt in die konteks van hoër onderwys in Suid-Afrika. Hierdie verhandeling beoog om die verband …