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Johansson, Falck Marlene. "From perception of spatial artefacts to metaphorical meaning." Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-52535.

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This chapter compares spatial constructs in mental imagery to spatial constructs in non-metaphorical and metaphorical language. The study is based on a psycholinguistic survey of people’s mental imagery for paths and roads, and a previous corpus-linguistic investigation of path- and road-instances from the British National Corpus (the BNC) (see Johansson Falck 2010). The aim is to investigate if spatial path and road constructs in mental imagery focus on similar aspects as those in metaphorical language. The study shows that mental imagery and metaphorical language are more restricted than non

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Pettitt, Jeremy Nicholas. "Metaphor, meaning and truth : semantic and pragmatic aspects of the metaphorical function." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.358539.

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Lim, Phyllis Louise. "Meaning versus verbatim memory in language processing: Deriving inferential, morphological, and metaphorical gist." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186487.

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Adult memory for verbatim and gist information was tested immediately and after a 12-day delay in three experiments within the framework of fuzzy-trace theory, (e.g., Brainerd & Reyna, 1990; Reyna & Brainerd, 1991) using a crossed, within-subjects false recognition design which controlled for the amount of verbatim and gist in recognition stimuli and for the difficulties mentioned by Fletcher (1992). Instruction to recognize gist or verbatim information was a between-subjects factor. Experiment 1 investigated sentence recognition and misrecognition of inferences for spatial and linear sentence

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Haggett, Matthew. "Songs and Stories that Only You Know: Multiplicity, Meaning, & the Metaphorical Bridge." PDXScholar, 1996. https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/5191.

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The thesis report will serve as a companion for the body of work that is the bulk of the thesis project. The theme of the thesis project is "the bridge". "The bridge" is a metaphor for meaning occurring through context. It is present on many levels. It will implicit in much of the discussion. I will include themes such as the play of differing scales, the ambiguous line between part and whole, and the reasons for the book format . Specific imagery that occurs repeatedly in the work, like architecture and knots, will be explained in terms of its sources, personal meaning, and formal and concept

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Graziani, Elena. "I colori nelle espressioni idiomatiche inglesi ed italiane." Bachelor's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2015. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/8853/.

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The purpose of this work is to analyse the figurative and metaphorical meanings of colours in English and Italian, focusing on the analysis and comparison of colour idioms in these two languages and cultures. The study starting point is the assumption that language and culture are inextricably related: they influence and modify each other, and both contribute to shaping our world-view. English and Italian colour idioms will be presented, compared and contrasted. Each colour is introduced by its figurative meaning in the two cultures. It is also shown whether and how the symbolic meaning is

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Paulson, Margareta. "The meaning of living with pain of fibromyalgia type as narrated by affected men, their partners, nurses and physicians." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-94106.

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Moughtin, Sharon. "Death of a metaphor; birth of new meaning : an exloration of sexual and marital metaphorical language in the prophetic texts of the Hebrew Bible." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.404761.

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Wingren, Jakob. "“Bridging the Lonely Distances”: A Study of Metaphorical and Physical Voice in Don DeLillo’s The Names from the Perspective of Post-Classical Narratology." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS), 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-21627.

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This paper explores narratology with a focus on metaphorical and physical voice in Don DeLillo’s 1982 novel, The Names. Beginning with an overview of previous criticism on the novel and an exploration of its post-modern qualities, I progress into a discussion of meaning, and how it can be found in the narratological voice. The concepts of semantic and vocal form of meaning are taken into consideration. Moreover, it is demonstrated how language in The Names is both representational and experiential.Analysing the novel both in print and in audiobook format, I study voice from the perspective of

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Breaux, Brooke O. "On Grounding Metaphors in Space| The Role of Metaphorical Connections in Accessing the Abstract Meanings of English Prepositions." Thesis, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3589960.

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<p> Indirect metaphors are pervasive in everyday language: People talk about <i> long</i> vacations, <i>short</i> tempers, and <i>colorful </i> language. But, why do we use concrete lexical items that are associated with the physical world when we talk about abstract, or non-physical, concepts? A potential answer is provided by proponents of Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT), who propose that only a small set of the concepts which make up our conceptual system emerge directly from physical experience, and it is this small number of concepts that serves to structure the ways in which we think an

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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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Book, Björn. "Cognitively Motivated Meanings for Idioms : The Metaphorical and Metonymical Structures of two Semantically Equivalent but Structurally Different Idioms in English and Swedish." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för språkstudier, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-121958.

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This paper analyses the similarities and differences of the cognitive structures of the English-Swedish idiom pair to step into someone’s shoes and att axla någons mantel (to shoulder someone’s mantle [lit.]) in order to investigate possible conceptual or embodied motivations for their meanings. Using dictionaries and corpora to support all findings, the conceptual nature and intended meaning of each idiom were closely analysed and compared. The investigation shows metaphorical, metonymical and embodied structures which might possibly explain why these two idioms mean the same thing as a whole

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Irannejad, Sara. "A Thousand and One Interconnections: Exploring Experiences of Persian Diasporic Identity Through Contemporary Visual Art Practice." Thesis, Griffith University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/384285.

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My personal experiences of migrating from Iran to Australia inform my practice and perspectives on the notions of ‘home’ and ‘belonging’ in the relationship of diasporas with their adopted environment. In formulating these issues, this exegesis follows a practice-based, exploratory, and interdisciplinary methodology to examine the multiple senses of place in the experiences of diasporas. I employ an allegorical framework in which I juxtapose Iranian and Australian elements, creating hybrid works of art where the final reading is greater than the sum of their parts. I accomplish this through an

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Soares, Carlos Walter Alves. "Metáforas e significados na composição musical : quando o compositor revisita e ressignifica seus passos." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/148285.

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Esta tese apresenta elucidações técnicas e interpretações póscomposicionais de quatro peças compostas durante o doutorado: “Io” e “Calisto”, para piano solo, “Ganimedes” e “Europa”, para dois pianos. A composição musical é abordada em três etapas: a) descrição dos aspectos musicais e extramusicais dos primeiros estágios da composição; b) investigação das características sonoras das peças; c) construção de interpretações ficcionais pós-composicionais, imaginando as luas de Júpiter como ímpeto composicional e interpretativo. O terceiro estágio é realizado na perspectiva da teoria contemporânea d

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PARACCHINI, LAILA. "Frazeologičeskie sočetanija s semantikoj čuvstv i emocij v russkom i ital’janskom jazykach." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/735302.

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The main purpose of the PhD studies was to analyse the problem of the “not free combinability” between the words of the Russian language, in comparison with the Italian language, paying particular attention to the fixed structures connected with the semantic field of feeling and emotions. The choice to study the “not free combinability” between lexemes, (i.e. to analyse the regular fixed uses between two or more words, usually one next to the other, so that choosing the word “A” to express something, the choice of the word “B” to be combined with “A” is lexically fixed), was due to the inte

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Suchan, Paul E. "Acoustic composition : exploring metaphorical and perceived connections between patterns of sound in the Opera The Beast in the Jungle." Thèse, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/8605.

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La version intégrale de ce mémoire est disponible uniquement pour consultation individuelle à la Bibliothèque de musique de l ’Université de Montréal (www.bib.umontreal.ca/MU).<br>Les cinquante dernières années ont vues beaucoup de progrès dans la compréhension du comment nous comprenons et écoutons la musique. Malheureusement, la terminologie musicale ainsi que la philosophie de la composition n’ont pas évoluées en tenant compte de ces progrès. C’est en raison de ces obstacles, que la Theory of Patterns a été conçue et développée. La Theory of Patterns met l'accent sur la n

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Czerwińska, Eliza. "Metaforyczna konceptualizacja pojęcia GOSPODARKA w internetowych analizach, raportach i komentarzach rynkowych. Badanie kontekstów zdaniowych pozyskanych za pomocą programu AntConc." Doctoral thesis, 2019. https://depotuw.ceon.pl/handle/item/3416.

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Zjawiska językowe, które wiążą się z funkcjonowaniem gospodarki rynkowej w Polsce, w niewielkim zakresie są przedmiotem badań podejmowanych na gruncie językoznawstwa polonistycznego. Moja rozprawa jest próbą wypełnienia tej luki. Podstawę materiałową analizy stanowią 2104 teksty publikowane przez analityków giełdowych na stronach internetowych instytucji finansowych – towarzystw funduszy inwestycyjnych i domów maklerskich. Tematem ich wypowiedzi są fenomeny mikro- i makroekonomiczne w naszym kraju i na świecie wpływające na stan gospodarki odzwierciedlony w notowaniach papierów wartościowych.

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Chen, Wan-Hua, and 陳婉華. "The Color Term “Bai (White)” in Chinese：Research on Its Metaphorical Meanings." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/47733685211842238177.

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碩士<br>輔仁大學<br>跨文化研究所語言學碩士班<br>100<br>This thesis aims to analyse the metaphorical meanings of the color term “Bai/ 白” in Mandarin Chinese based on the theoretical frame of George Lakoff and Mark Johnson’s Conceptual Metaphor Theory. First, according to the semantic expressions of the Chinese color term “Bai/白”, this study divides its meanings into two types: concrete/ literal meaning and abstract/ non-literal extended meanings. As implied by the name of the semantic types, the former means the concrete nature of the color in visual—“white” and includes noun phrases and adjective phrases mostly

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Lu, Ting-Yi, and 呂庭儀. "The trend of development of meaning operation and visual structure in metaphoric print advertising: 1974-2003." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/k64g99.

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碩士<br>國立臺灣科技大學<br>設計研究所<br>94<br>Metaphor is a common operational technique in print advertising, which conveys the information and creative ideas hidden in the advertisement to the audience more quickly and easily. Related literature on metaphoric print advertising shows that not all metaphors operate in the same way. The difficulity in processing different metaphoric operations will affect their persuasive power and the consumers’ of comprehension. It is also established that the consumers’ ability to absorb the metaphoric meanings develops in time, adjusting to the changing market environme

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Chiou, Yu-Chin, and 邱玉欽. "A study of the status quo of meaning operation and visual structure in metaphoric print advertisements." Thesis, 2006. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/28892060987894352766.

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碩士<br>國立臺灣科技大學<br>設計研究所<br>95<br>Metaphor is an interesting manner of language expression. It is even more interesting and effective when metaphors are turned into advertisements, especially in the society of nowadays that is flooded with advertisements. The purpose of this study is to investigate metaphoric advertisements in the last two years by content analysis. Based on several researchers’ classifications, this study probe into whether the use of the meaning operation and visual structure in metaphoric ads differ according to product/service, types of products, types of selling point, pro

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Stanhope, Zara Elizabeth. "Compound aesthetics : an expanded framework for the theory of social art." Phd thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1885/109308.

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How are we to understand social art, art that developed in the late 1990s that addresses social situations and often involves public participation? The aims for social art include generating public association or sociability, improvements in material and social well-being, and awareness-raising as well as symbolic and metaphorical meanings. In addition, the outcomes of social art are influenced by the politics of authority relations between participants. The theoretical analysis of social art forms part of critical aesthetics, a component of aesthetics in art discourse that focuses on interpre

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