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Qualitative Metaphor Analysis and Language Learning Opportunities
, metaphors being stated by the learners were collected by some unfinished sentences which learners were required to complete to demonstrate their beliefs about their teachers, the teaching process and how they view themselves as learners. Then, the analysis...
Iranian PhD Students Beliefs about Language Learning and Teaching: A Qualitative Study
Employing metaphor analysis, the present studyexplores the nature of unconscious beliefs of PhD students. This research aimsat analyzing the metaphors produced by Iranian PhD students about learning and teaching in both current and ideal situations...
Examining Iranian Language Learner`s Perceptions of Langauge Education in Formal and Informal Contexts
The major aim of this study was to analyze the metaphors language teachers in Iranian High Schools and Language Institutes use to describe the current and ideal conditions of teaching and learning in English educational system. In this study...
Iranian Gradudate Students`Conceptions Abouit English Language Teaching and Learning
Individuals have concepts and beliefs in their minds that shape everyday actions. Our behavior reflects the metaphorical nature and understanding of the conceptualization of the world. This conceptual system that is metaphorical in nature rules...
Versatility in Cross-Cultural Variations of Personification
Literature was first structured by great figures’ literary and non-literary works that gave birth to the metaphorical conceptualization. The personalities like Dante and Rumi who developed the first social-cultural universality by using...
A Comparison Between Roles of Professors Teaching English Literature or TEFL at B.A Level and Professors Teaching TEFL at M.A Level
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This study aims to examine the metaphors selected by two hundred and forty Iranian B.A and eighty eight M.A students about their professors' roles. The participants were asked to select their preferred metaphors among twenty one...
Comparison in the Metaphorical Usage of the Word “Wisdom” in the Poems of Two Khorasanian Rational Poets Using Cognitive Linguistics
Cognitive semantics has paid a great deal of attention to the study of metaphor. In fact, metaphor is seen as a suitable tool for recognizing the manner of thinking and linguistic behaviors. In this approach, metaphor is one of the important tools...
Metaphorical Conceptualizations of Anger in Ilami Kurdish
In this article, we analyze different anger metaphors and metonymies in Ilami Kurdish. Indeed, it is believed that, through examining the anger (idiomatic) expressions (including metaphor and metonymy) taken from Ilami native individuals, we...
Metaphorical Analysis of Iranian MA University Students’ Beliefs: A Qualitative Study
Following the innovations in language teaching and learning, metaphor analysis as an indirect tool of delving into individuals’ beliefs has been utilized in this study to explore the use of metaphor to express the various perspectives of university...