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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"cognitive metaphor"”.
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Wind, Wave, and Generative Metaphor in Greek
… analysis of the so-called 'Ship of State' metaphor, with the premise that the more sophisticated trope of Archaic lyric poetry is an elaboration of a larger cognitive metaphor that appears in the earliest Greek texts.
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Metaphor and ideology in film
Metaphor is not just a mere decorative device, but must be regarded as a central process in language and cognition. This dissertation explores the possibility to employ Max Black's interactional theory of metaphor and cognitive metaphor theory to study metaphor in film language. This point of view …
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Spatial Depth Cues in Temporal Reasoning
… in terms of spatial reality. The ego-moving cognitive metaphor suggests that time is static and immobile and the self moves through it. Conversely, the time-moving cognitive metaphor suggests time moves through a stationary being and is not subject to manipulation from the observer. The …
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Metaphors and gestures in music teaching: an examination of junior high schools in Taiwan
In cognitive metaphor theory, metaphor is a conceptual and experiential process that structures our world. This study, taking an applied linguistic' view on CMT, examines how metaphor is manifested in speech and via gestures by music teachers in classrooms where Mandarin Chinese is the main …
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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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A cognitive stylistics study of the Nama-Herero genocide in Kubuitsile’s the scattering, Utley’s lie of the land, Tjingaete’s the weeping graves of our ancestors and Van Den Berg’s parts unknown
… in Namibia through the application of the cognitive stylistics theory as a framework for analysis. These are namely, Lauri Kubuitsile’s The Scattering (2016), Jaspar D. Utley’s Lie of the Land (2017), Rukee Tjingaete’s The Weeping Graves of our Ancestors (2017) and Zirk van den Berg’s Parts …
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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 …