The human emotions are rich and colorful but are abstract, untouchable, and difficult to describe feelings. Therefore, in order to describe the abstract, human emotions vividly and effectively, people usually express them by metaphors. Many linguists have undertaken considerable ...
Inthissection,loveismappedtoadisease.Itgenerallyreflectsareactioninaloverelationshipinwhichonesideisinjuredorcannotgetthepeopletheylove.Diseasemakespeopledepressed,andthosewhowereinjuredorcannotgetthepeopletheyloveusethismetaphortoexpresstheirstrongreactionforlove.Inthismetaphor,thepainofloveistooabstracttodescribe,...
Chevy asked a group of consumers to bring in pictures to describe their vehicles. The consumers were asked to find pictures that depicted their thoughts and feelings about their trucks without showing them. They could use whatever picture they wanted as long as there were no other trucks, cars,...
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Let's describe a 7-year-old who was instructed in the use of hypnotic imagery to treat her habit of coughing. ”Ashley” (not her real name) had been evaluated by her pediatrician and the local children's hospital, and no physical reason was found for her cough. She had...
Space and time concept is imperceptible and difficult to describe directly in ancient society. As a result, ancient Chinese usually interpret the two with the help of other concrete things. The five elements principle, which constitutes Chinese fundamental way to understand the world, has presented ...
walks on the screen by what another character says about him. The power of third-person dialogue is that you tend to believe it more if someone else says something about someone, rather than if the actual character claims to be something. How would your character's parents describe him or ...
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The findings of the study indicated that the student classroom teachers developed a total of 59 metaphorical concepts to describe the course of music. Then the themes were developed based on the answers of the participants regarding their justification for the metaphorical concept. A total of 18 ...
山西财经大学 硕士学位论文 AStudyofIdeologicalFunctionsofGrammatical MetaphorsinEnglishNews--BasedonNewsReportsabout 10--YearAnniversaryofChina'sAccesstoWTOin ForeignPeriodicals 姓名:***申请学位级别:硕士 专业:外国语言学及应用语言学 指导教师:** 20120301 摘要 语法隐喻是人类认识世赛的一种重要手段。Haltiday...