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John I. Liontas – Athens Journal of Education, 2025
Idiomatics, the scientific study of idiomatic and figurative language, is examined in this article to define the boundaries as a distinct academic discipline. The investigation highlights the significant implications of idiomatics for understanding human behavior, language development, and technological advancements. A sixpart approach to language…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Language Acquisition, Behavior Patterns, Interdisciplinary Approach
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Wu, Yanting – English Language Teaching, 2022
This paper presents an analysis and comparison of the projection of Chinese "shen" and English "deep" from the spatial domain to other domains of time, sense, emotion, behavior, and society from a cognitive perspective by using the comparative and contrastive method, explaining the universality and differences of SHEN and DEEP…
Descriptors: Figurative Language, Teaching Methods, Learning Processes, Second Language Learning
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Pesce, Sebastien – Journal of Philosophy of Education, 2014
When trying to help teachers cope with the critical situations they face in classrooms, public policies are mainly concerned with improving initial teacher training. I claim in this article that the role of lifelong learning should no longer be undermined and that the design of teachers' training should be supported by a thorough examination…
Descriptors: Semiotics, Lifelong Learning, Cognitive Processes, Instructional Design