, 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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...

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...

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...

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...