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Briggs, Susan H. "Landscape as metaphor: artist as metaphier." Thesis, Curtin University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/1470.

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This research records a three year journey of exploration through the visual arts, specifically painting and drawing in relation to the landscape. The written work presented here provides a support document to my final exhibition of paintings that were exhibited in the John Curtin Gallery at Curtin University of Technology from November 24th - December 15th 2002.The writing of this exegesis is in itself a creative piece, but it is not the same as the visual research that culminates in the paintings. I am convinced that to talk about creating art actually leads one away from being in the experi

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Briggs, Susan H. "Landscape as metaphor : artist as metaphier /." Curtin University of Technology, School of Art, 2002. http://espace.library.curtin.edu.au:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=14292.

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This research records a three year journey of exploration through the visual arts, specifically painting and drawing in relation to the landscape. The written work presented here provides a support document to my final exhibition of paintings that were exhibited in the John Curtin Gallery at Curtin University of Technology from November 24th - December 15th 2002.The writing of this exegesis is in itself a creative piece, but it is not the same as the visual research that culminates in the paintings. I am convinced that to talk about creating art actually leads one away from being in the experi

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Fetterman, Adam K. "The Benefits of Metaphoric Thinking: Using Individual Differences in Metaphor Usage to Understand the Utility of Conceptual Metaphors." Diss., North Dakota State University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/27209.

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Metaphor representation theory posits that people often think, rather than merely speak, metaphorically. Particularly, concrete domains (e.g., tactile experiences) are recruited to represent abstract concepts (e.g., love). Based upon this theory, three assumptions can be derived. The first assumption is that metaphors should be common in speech and are not relegated to the realm of poetics. Second, the manipulation of metaphoric mappings should activate associated domains. The final assumption is that the use of conceptual metaphors facilitates the understanding of concepts with no physical re

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Backman, Gunnar. "Meaning by metaphor an exploration of metaphor with a metaphoric reading of two short stories by Stephen Crane /." Stockholm : Almqvist och Wiksell, 1991. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb355126755.

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Barron, Andrew T. "Exposing Deep-rooted Anger: A Metaphor Pattern Analysis of Mixed Anger Metaphors." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2011. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc84170/.

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This project seeks to serve two purposes: first, to investigate various semantic and grammatical aspects of mixed conceptual metaphors in reference to anger; and secondly, to explore the potential of a corpus-based, TARGET DOMAIN-oriented method termed metaphor pattern analysis to the study of mixed metaphor. This research shows that mixed metaphors do not pattern in a manner consistent with statements made within conceptual metaphor theory. These metaphors prove highly dynamic in their combinability and resist resonance between SOURCE DOMAINS used. Also shown is the viability of metaphor pat

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Kennedy, Catherine. "Metaphor : Library." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8071.

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Includes bibliographical references.<br>This literature review identifies and examines metaphorical concepts that have been associated with the word 'library' historically in an attempt to identify the possible role and function of libraries and librarians in the twenty-first century. Drawing on contemporary theories of metaphor, the various ways in which libraries have been represented metaphorically within literature are considered as external perspectives of the institution and profession. These images are compared and contrasted to those library metaphors evident in the professional litera

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Arrigo, Michael Tood. "Image as metaphor, metaphor as meaning, meaning as existance." The Ohio State University, 1990. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1303412484.

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Dall'Igna, Francesca <1997&gt. "Metaphors through vectors: a study on the machine interpretation of (visual) metaphor." Master's Degree Thesis, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, 2022. http://hdl.handle.net/10579/21943.

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Le metafore sono un meccanismo pervasivo che gli individui usano nel linguaggio di tutti i giorni. Le metafore rappresentano la mappatura di due concetti, ed è imperativo trovare un modo efficace per rappresentarle in un ambiente computazionale. Questo studio mira a esplorare una possibile rappresentazione per aumentare l’accuratezza delle macchine nell’interpretazione metaforica. In particolare, investiga l’uso di vettori per ottenere degli aggettivi che possano descrivere le suddette metafore. Inoltre, poiché nel marketing l’uso delle metafore visive è esteso, lo studio incorpora una classif

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Mosher, Lockwood Kimberly. "Metaphor, music and mind understanding metaphor and its cognitive effect /." Cincinnati, Ohio : University of Cincinnati, 2005. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?acc%5Fnum=ucin1116947187.

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LOCKWOOD, KIMBERLY MOSHER. "METAPHOR, MUSIC AND MIND: UNDERSTANDING METAPHOR AND ITS COGNITIVE EFFECT." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2005. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1116947187.

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Zahri, Maysoon. "Metaphor and translation." Thesis, Online version, 1990. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.293785.

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Netshisaulu, Nthambeleni Charles. "Metaphor in TshiVenda." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/71920.

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Thesis (PhD)--Stellenbosch University, 2012.<br>ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the cognitive, conceptual, linguistic, communicative and cultural nature of metaphors in Tshivenḓa in spoken discourse within the framework of conceptual metaphor theory extended to the framework of metaphor research on language, mind and culture, developed especially in the works of Kövecses (1999, 2000a,b, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2011a,b). This study on metaphor in Tshivenḓa assumes an intuitive method in that the analyst identified metaphor usage in Tshivenḓa introspectively, while a more data-drive

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Blackwell, Alan Frank. "Metaphor in diagrams." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1998. https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/272809.

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Starodub, O. "Metaphor and Metonymy." Thesis, Сумський державний університет, 1998. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/62547.

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Даний документ спрямований на вивчення таких постатей як метафора та метонімія. Метафора та метонімія використовуються для того, щоб зробити письмово більш яскравим, творчим, змістовним.<br>The present paper is aimed at investigating such figures of speech as metaphor and metonymy. Metaphor and metonymy are used to make writing more vivid, imaginative, meaningful.

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Fauzi, Tetriana Ahmed. "Botany and metaphor." Thesis, University of East London, 2012. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/3089/.

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I started the doctorate program with works depicting fictional plants as a mirror or metaphor for my thoughts and feelings. The plants in the watercolour works on paper are impossible biologically and in terms of the environments in which I place them. In connection with these artworks I looked at the work of Charles Avery and Marcel Boodthaers, who both put their artwork in a fictional frame of an invented island and an imaginary museum using different methods and media. Charles Avery exhibits drawings, sculpture and text to realize his imaginary island, while Broodthaers uses readymade objec

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Cox, Sarah Elizabeth. "Metaphor and Memory: How Metaphors Instantiate Schemas in and Influence Memory of Narrative." Oberlin College Honors Theses / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1463336952.

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Williams, Lacey Ann. "My World is a Metaphor| An Investigation into Reflective Practices Specifically Utilizing Metaphors." Thesis, Union Institute and University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3573607.

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<p>This dissertation suggests that metaphors are a powerful learning tool in education and a way to develop as a professional educator. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to gain a deeper understanding of how teachers utilize metaphors during reflection. I addressed their experience with metaphors, how they use metaphors, how metaphors play a critical role in their teaching, how students benefit from their use of metaphors, why they use metaphors, and if through technology they are able to use metaphors to reflect. I, individually, interviewed educators to understand the overall pr

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Larsson, Kalle. "Punning Exploiting External and Internal Metaphors : A Study of Groucho Marx's Use of Metaphor Reversal." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of English, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-6664.

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<p>The aim of this study has been to analyse metaphorical strings which have been interpreted literally, a process referred to as metaphor reversal. This was first described by Löflund (1999:18) and the specific term was later coined by Alm-Arvius (2006:6). Metaphor reversal is basically a subcategory of the broader term polysemy punning.</p><p>When a metaphor unexpectedly is interpreted literally, a humorous effect takes place and a pun is created. Especially if the metaphorisation in question has an entrenched figurative meaning, the unexpectedness of the literal interpretation is greater an

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Romaniw, Irene. "The interpretation of metaphor." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/28483.

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This thesis attempts to explain exactly how it is that we interpret metaphor. A brief historical overview of the substitution, comparison and interaction methods is offered. Then the basic steps within these theories are aligned with current thoughts on the interpretation of metaphor from within semantic theory. Because of the self-imposed restrictions within semantic theory, a semantic interpretation of metaphor is an extremely limited one. The problems of definition of meaning, the allowance of deviant language and the nature of the relationship between syntax and semantics are considered be

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McCruden, Patrick J. "Metaphor and religious dialogue." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1986. http://www.tren.com.

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Gokcesu, Bahriye Selin. "Metaphor processing and polysemy." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3297104.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Program in Neuroscience, 2007.<br>Title from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 29, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-02, Section: B, page: 1354. Adviser: Robert Goldstone.

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Gast, Jason A. "Ceramic vessels as metaphor." Virtual Press, 2005. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1318612.

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This project has shown how a ceramic vessel can be used as a metaphor for human emotion and feeling. People are like ceramic vessels because they hold in emotion how vessels hold liquids or solids. Artists that are reviewed in the project are Peter Voulkos, David Leach and Bob Witt. The body of work is made up of a series of teapots that are built of a base, body, spout, lid and handle. Changing the position of any one of these parts can give the teapot a different feeling.<br>Department of Art

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Lambourn, David Malcolm. "Metaphor in social thought." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2001. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/57727/.

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Whereas a number of influences have directed the attention of sociologists and others towards language as a feature of social phenomena, these same influences have served to reveal wide discrepancies in the place accorded to figurative language, and to metaphor in particular. This has proved to be the case both in respect of the phenomena studied and of the subsequent writing. These influences have included, inter alia, 'the linguistic turn' in philosophy, the rise and fall of structuralism both as philosophy and as a model for anthropology, and also in the development of ethnomethodology from

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Mulberry, Greig R. "Rorty, Davidson, and Metaphor." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/9775.

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In his essay "What Metaphors Mean," Donald Davidson gave a striking view of metaphor, claiming that metaphorical utterances have no meaning beyond the literal meanings of the words contained in them. Richard Rorty claims that this view of metaphor can be used to argue that cultural, moral, and scientific change (all products of metaphor) are contingent. I will argue that Davidson's view of metaphor is not consistent with Davidson's overall principles of theory construction, and, hence, is not consistent with his theory of linguistic meaning. Furthermore, I will argue that Rorty himself has sig

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Wilkinson, Alexia A. (Alexia Anne) Carleton University Dissertation Journalism. "Journalism, myth and metaphor." Ottawa, 1993.

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Macaulay, Stephanie Jan Carleton University Dissertation Philosophy. "Understanding Ricoeur on metaphor." Ottawa, 1996.

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Brown, Ian James Morris. "History as theatrical metaphor." Thesis, Manchester Metropolitan University, 1991. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.290319.

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Giacomo, Paola Vanesa de. "Contemporary theory of metaphor." reponame:Repositório Institucional da UFSC, 2012. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/94393.

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Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Comunicação e Expressão, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras/Inglês e Literatura Correspondente, Florianópolis, 2010<br>Made available in DSpace on 2012-10-25T09:24:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 286138.pdf: 2374674 bytes, checksum: 759665ea75cbe36caa23c9f33688b823 (MD5)<br>Nos últimos trinta anos, a metáfora tem sido observada sob aspectos mais psicológicos e cognitivos, tornando-se objeto de interesse central nas ciências humanas, principalmente na psicologia cognitiva que tem desenvolvido uma grande quantidade de pe

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Glover, Martin James. "Metaphor, philosophy and science : An impossible-worlds approach to the semantic of metaphor." Thesis, University of Dundee, 2009. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.505637.

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Wright, Christopher I. "Metaphor, inference and insight : an inquiry into the role of metaphor in cognition." Thesis, Cranfield University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385762.

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Deyhle, David Allen. "A study of the value of metaphor for theological understanding." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1990. http://www.tren.com.

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Havsteen-Franklin, Dominik. "When is a metaphor? : art psychotherapy and the formation of the creative relationship metaphor." Thesis, University of Essex, 2016. http://repository.essex.ac.uk/17710/.

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It is a widely debated subject whether a patient with a diagnosis of major depression and a history of psychosis is able to use and comprehend metaphors. There are a number of studies that indicate that metaphor comprehension with this population is very reduced. However, within the context of psychotherapy metaphor is poorly defined and the concept is often applied inconsistently in academic literature. This thesis examines a commonly reported occurrence of metaphor formation in art psychotherapy and in particular, examines a type of metaphor that offers a novel perspective about interpersona

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Patterson, K. J. "Lexical priming and metaphor : application of the theory of lexical priming to metaphoric language." Thesis, University of Liverpool, 2015. http://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/3001530/.

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Metaphoricity is often regarded as a distinctive linguistic phenomenon, in opposition to literal, or non-figurative language. Recent research from a corpus-linguistic perspective has begun to show, however, that such a dichotomist stance to metaphor does not bear scrutiny. Current categorization of metaphoric language is unable to address the fuzzy, ambiguous nature of metaphoricity with any definitive set of linguistic characteristics (Deignan, 2005; Partington, 2006; Philip, 2011). Moreover, a metaphor’s ability to violate or bend the limits of linguistic conventions (semantically, lexically

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Januškytė, Sigita. "Subjectivized Grammatical Metaphor in Translation." Master's thesis, Lithuanian Academic Libraries Network (LABT), 2008. http://vddb.library.lt/obj/LT-eLABa-0001:E.02~2008~D_20080926_182420-93785.

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This paper focuses on the concept of a subjectivized grammatical metaphor and its practical application in the translation of English fiction. At first, it explains the theoretical concept of a grammatical metaphor in general, following Halliday and other scholars. Later it gives the wide array of translation transformations of subjectivized grammatical metaphor to illustrate this theoretical overview with the examples of its practical application.<br>Šis darbas pristato gramatinės metaforos savoką ir atvejus, kai ji eina sakinyje veiksniu, bei jų vertimą į lietuvių kalbą iš anglų grožinės lit

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Kendrick, Stuart. "The metaphor of the virus." Thesis, Lancaster University, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.441794.

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Denham, Alison Edwina. "Metaphor and the moral imagination." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314928.

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Huang, Mimi Ziwei. "Metaphor, Salience and Literary Discourse." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.518831.

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McClure, Ashley. "Humanizing Technical Communication With Metaphor." Master's thesis, University of Central Florida, 2009. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETD/id/3228.

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This thesis explores how metaphors can humanize a technical document and more effectively facilitate user comprehension. The frequent use of metaphor in technical communication reminds us that the discipline is highly creative and rhetorical. Theory demonstrates that a technical text involves interpretation and subjectivity during both its creation by the technical communicator and its application by the user. If employed carefully and skillfully, metaphor can be a powerful tool to ensure users' needs are met during this process. The primary goal of technical communication is to convey informa

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Willson-Quayle, James. "Hobbes, metaphor and political thought." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 1991. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/1204/.

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The thesis examines the role of metaphor in political thought and, in particular, in the work of the British philosopher Thomas Hobbes. It is argued that, contrary to what many critics have suggested, Hobbes's use of images, metaphorical and otherwise, formed the basis for much of his political philosophy. Indeed, it is from a correct understanding of the use of the metaphoric image in political thought that varied Hobbesian concerns such as history, science, geometry, optics, poetry, and political philosophy can be united. Appropriately, chapter one narrates four distinct traditions of applyi

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Miers, John William. "Visual metaphor and drawn narratives." Thesis, University of the Arts London, 2017. http://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/13457/.

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This thesis explores the ways in which the production and comprehension of drawn narratives are structured by metaphorical conceptualisation. The argument develops from the observation that metaphor theory does not account for the perceptual character of depiction. I begin by focusing on an overlooked distinction between "pictures that are metaphors" and "pictures that have metaphors as their textual content" made by Richard Wollheim. This leads into the elaboration of a theoretical model of depiction-as-metaphor, which contributes to analytic philosophy as well as metaphor studies. In the fou

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Cohen, Jacqueline M. "Collage: a metaphor for remembering." The Ohio State University, 1989. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1299793856.

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Rouzer, John Harvey. "Ontological metaphor in Chinese syntax /." The Ohio State University, 1997. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487945320758437.

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Bishop, Ryan M. (Ryan Marion). "Metaphor and the ESL Classroom." Thesis, North Texas State University, 1985. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500225/.

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This paper concentrates on the viability of using metaphor as a teaching tool in the English as a Second Language classroom. In doing so, a semantically-based theory of metaphor, like that presented by Lakoff and Johnson (1980), is employed as a base for the examination. Such a theory of metaphor presents a dramatic shift from theories, especially Aristotle's, of the past. The theory of metaphor proposed by Lakoff and Johnson contends that language is essentially metaphorical and that much of our 'commonsense' knowledge about the world is derived from interpretations of reality and is manifest

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Arbegast, Jeff. "Cross-disciplinary use of metaphor /." Online version of thesis, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/1850/11869.

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Sarnoff, Tamar Jill. "METAPHOR, COGNITIVE ELABORATION AND PERSUASION." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194626.

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Metaphors have long been a subject of interest to philosophers, scholars and researchers. Recent insights into the nature and function of metaphor have spurred new interest in the persuasive effects of metaphor. To date, research on the relation between metaphors and attitudes has produced mixed findings. This paper argues that there are several limitations in previous models and designs and this work attempted to resolve several of them. The rationale for the study is based on the Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM) of persuasion, which argues that cognitive elaboration is a strong predictor

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Pyle, Maurine Hebert. "CONTEMPORARY QUAKER USE OF METAPHOR." OpenSIUC, 2014. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1534.

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This qualitative sociolinguistic study focuses on the contemporary usage of metaphor in religious speech among North American Quakers of the Religious of Society of Friends with a particular emphasis on the two historical metaphors of Light and Dark. Beginning with the 20th century, a diverse religious population has been steadily arising in Quaker meetings including many non-Christians. Individual American Quakers are currently choosing a variety of spiritual and/or religious identities and practices ranging from Evangelical or mystical forms of Christianity to Neo-paganism and Non-theism. Th

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Thomas, Beth A. "Complicating Metaphor: Exploring Writing About Artistic Practice Through Lacanian Psychoanalytic Theory and Conceptual Metaphor Theory." The Ohio State University, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1264986315.

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Gebken, Lisa M. "Metaphors in the news : the effects of metaphor usage in measuring recall and retention of information within a news story." Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1115752.

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This study has designed to test whether or not the use of metaphors affects audience recall and retention of news. The study is designed to test the hypotheses that metaphors help the reader recall a greater amount of information immediately after exposure (i.e., short-term memory, identified in this study as recall), and that metaphors aid in a greater amount of information retained at a later date (i.e., long-term memory, identified in this study as retention). Recall and retention help demonstrate whether or not metaphors promote reader understanding and remembering of facts in news stories

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Holme, Randal. "Teaching language as metaphor : the potential of current research into metaphor and cognition for classroom practice." Thesis, Durham University, 2001. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/3788/.

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Recent developments in cognitive linguistics have revealed how abstract meaning in language is shaped by bodily experience. We understand and express such concepts as time, causation, direction or love through metaphors that are shaped out of our sense of ourselves as embodied creatures (Lakoff 1987, Johnson 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993). The diachronic analysis of syntax also shows how metaphor shifts lexical meaning towards grammatical meaning (Heine 1997). For example, in English and other Indo-European languages, we use what Heine (1993) identifies as a propositional schema of possession to expr

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Pérez, i. Brufau Roger. "Conceptual Metaphor Theory and Sartre's Philosophy." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/4854.

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Aquesta tesi se centra en la Teoria de la Metàfora Conceptual i la filosofia experiencialista de George Lakoff and Mark Johnson i en la filosofia existencialista de Jean-Paul Sartre.<br/>En el primer capítol estudiem les obres de Lakoff i Johnson sobre la Metàfora (1980, 1999) i també fem una revisió crítica de les més importants reformulacions, ampliacions i crítiques que ha rebut la teoria.<br/>En el segon capítol fem una comparació entre experiencialisme i existencialisme a través del concepte d'imaginació un element clau en ambdues teories.<br/>En el tercer i darrer capítol examinem les m

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