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Valentina Bambini; Giacomo Ranieri; Luca Bischetti; Biagio Scalingi; Chiara Bertini; Irene Ricci; Walter Schaeken; Paolo Canal – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2024
Psycholinguistic research on metaphor has focused on verbal material. Yet, metaphors frequently occur in a multimodal format, blending words and pictures to convey meaning. Here we compared verbal and multimodal metaphors by using item pairs where stimulus one was always a word (e.g., "language" in the metaphorical conditions and…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Diagnostic Tests, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Comparative Analysis
Marino, Joseph – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation examines the role of metaphorical language in early Buddhist literature through the lens of two previously unpublished Gandhari sutras on a manuscript from the Robert Senior Collection. At the microscopic level, I offer an edition, translation, and textual analysis of a Buddhist manuscript containing two Sa?yuktagama-type sutras…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Literature, Teaching Methods, Figurative Language
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Bowdle, Brian F.; Gentner, Dedre – Psychological Review, 2005
A central question in metaphor research is how metaphors establish mappings between concepts from different domains. The authors propose an evolutionary path based on structure-mapping theory. This hypothesis--the career of metaphor--postulates a shift in mode of mapping from comparison to categorization as metaphors are conventionalized.…
Descriptors: Classification, Figurative Language, Concept Mapping, Language Usage
Novotna, Jarmila, Ed.; Moraova, Hana, Ed.; Kratka, Magdalena, Ed.; Stehlikova, Nad'a, Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2006
This volume of the 30th annual proceedings of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education conference presents: plenary panel papers; research forum papers; short oral communication papers; and poster presentation papers from the meeting. Information relating to discussion groups and working sessions is also provided.…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Mathematics Instruction