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Download full textAl Soudi, Layth – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
This paper aims to investigate the use of connotations of inanimate objects to describe people by speakers of Jordanian Arabic. Its main goal is to analyze the positive and negative connotative meanings of inanimate object used to describe people in Jordan. Besides, the contribution of gender in making connotative meanings. The study provides a…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Language Variation, Language Research, Pragmatics
O'Brien, Wanda – Contributions to Music Education, 1992
Reports on a study comparing the effects of two types of instructional language on students' attitudes and conceptual understanding of recorded orchestral music. Finds that students who were taught using a combination of analytic and figurative language scored significantly higher than those that were taught using only analytic language. (CFR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Strategies, Figurative Language, Grade 7
