Metaphors and decision making in parental blogs about their children with life-limiting diseases: who's afraid of the war metaphor?
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DOI: 10.1136/medhum-2022-012507
Abstract: The use of metaphors aids understanding by allowing us to think of complex problems in terms of relatively simple and more concrete information. As such, metaphors shape thought and guide future action. While metaphors are… read more here.
Keywords: war; life limiting; war metaphors; life ... See more keywords
The Polarity of War Metaphors in Sports News: A Corpus-Informed Analysis
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DOI: 10.17576/gema-2021-2102-13
Abstract: War metaphors have long been used in sports news reporting. In reality, war metaphors are also used commonly in daily conversations. The wide usage of war metaphors in sports news reporting is because the two… read more here.
Keywords: war; sports news; corpus; war metaphors ... See more keywords
Moral philosophy, pragmatism, and the larger cause: why "war" metaphors are needed during pandemics.
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DOI: 10.20529/ijme.2020.067
Abstract: Coronavirus disease (Covid-19), which originated in China, is now a full-blown pandemic which has thrown governments and societies off-track in an unprecedented manner. War metaphors have been used widely to describe the scenario, but many… read more here.
Keywords: moral philosophy; larger cause; philosophy; war ... See more keywords