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Showing 1 to 20 of 395 for “"Metaphorical"”.
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Modelling Metaphorical Extension
… itself clearly when people extend words metaphorically. Computational models of metaphorical extension are rare, in large part due to limitations with the methodology that is currently used to treat metaphor. Existing computational work treats metaphor as a property belonging to tokens in …
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'Equivocity' and Metaphorical Meaning
This inquiry into questions of linguistic meaning begins by surveying general problems clustered around the phenomenon known as metaphor. Theories of metaphor are classified as Authoritarian, Anarchist or Middle Ground theories, and these theoretical groupings are examined in terms of their …
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Metaphorical Interpretation: Measuring and Facilitating Growth.
… this study to address the problem that although metaphorical literacy and thought are expected and necessary for success in junior and senior high school and beyond, metaphorical concepts and thought are not required to be explicitly taught to these students. The students were from 20 different …
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Metaphorical representation of feminism in media discourse /
The present paper focuses on the metaphorical representation of feminism in media discourse. The research addresses two primary research questions: What metaphors are found in the media for representations of feminism at the linguistic and conceptual levels? How do metaphors reflect feminism in the …
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Acquisition of metaphorical expressions by Chinese learners of English
… investigates the acquisition of conventional metaphorical expressions by Chinese learners of English. A conventional metaphorical expression, following the definition of cognitive semantics, refers to the use of a conventionalised non-literal meaning of a lexical item in a multi-word phrase. …
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A critical exposition of Nelson Goodman’s concept of metaphorical exemplification
… presented, he proceeds to define expression as a metaphorical sub-species of the relation of exemplification. I follow Goodman in first considering exemplification. In doing so I also look at his theory of notation in so far as this introduces aspects of indeterminacy of reference. I consider …
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Interpreting abstract games : the metaphorical potential of formal game elements
As cultural artifacts, abstract games offer unique challenges to critical interpretation. This is largely due to the fact that such games lack a fictional element: there are no characters, no settings, and no narratives to speak of. In this thesis I propose that understanding the various formal …
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The States and Status of Clay: Material, Metamorphic and Metaphorical Values.
This doctoral project combines a performance-led practice with contextual research in order to demonstrate how arts practice can challenge historical perceptions of clay and enhance its material status. The core knowledge deduced from this research is that embodied performance transforms …
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An Investigation Into Some Differences Between Literal and Metaphorical Comparison Statements
… the hypothesis that the matching attributes in metaphorical comparisons are more salient for the second term in the comparison than the first term, but equally salient in literal comparisons. Two paradigms were employed in this research. The first paradigm was a modified "cloze" procedure in …
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Metaphorical Projection and the Picturesque in the Writings of John Keats
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The metaphorical problem : realism and anti-realism in the philosophy of metaphor
… area, which focuses on the question of whether metaphorical utterances, qua metaphors, ought to receive distinctive semantic evaluations. I treat this debate as an instance of a more general form of philosophical dispute, which has been explored in some detail in recent work on the nature of …
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Metaphorical Depictions of the American and Chinese Economies during the 2010 Financial Crisis
… during financial crisis, aiming to explore metaphorical images of the American and Chinese economies in economic news articles as representatives of distinct cultural and ideological backgrounds. It also examines whether these metaphorical depictions convey varying attitudes towards the two …
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A Phenomenological Approach to Comparison: The Non-Metaphorical Poetics of Paul Celan and Wang Wei
… poets' similar positions, specifically their non-metaphorical poetics, resulting in contrapuntal dialogues between different ideas and expressions that are grounded in their respective cultural background. Developing from Husserl's "transcendental inter-subjectivity", my approach in particular …
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A Standpoint for Critique: The Metaphorical Status of Critique in Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'
<p>I argue that critique is an epistemologically significant Kantian metaphor for transcendental self-consciousness. This claim is complex, involving two antecedent propositions: (1) there is a Kantian theory of metaphor; (2) critique is such a metaphor.</p> <p> In Chapter 1, I argue that …
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The metaphorical value of lace in contemporary art: the transformative process of a practice-led inquiry
This thesis examines lace as a metaphor in contemporary art, comprising a practice-led inquiry based on the lace archive of Nottingham Trent University. Lace is placed in the context of creative art practice to establish an overview and understanding of the multifarious associations used to …
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Using Animals: the use of non-human animals from the material to the metaphorical, 1100-1380
… flesh of animals in hunting and butchery) to the metaphorical (the use of animal sculpture and religious imagery). Although much of the thesis focusses on the ways in which animals are used in positive or affirming ways, I close with a consideration of the ways creatures were used to spread …
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A comparative analysis of metaphorical expressions used by rural and urban Ndebele speakers: the contribution of S'ncamtho
… explores language expansion and change through metaphorical expressions that originate with urban youth varieties. It focuses on the impact of S'ncamtho, an Ndebele-based urban youth variety of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe along the variables of rural/urban, sex, age and level of education. The thesis …
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