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    What is the role of metaphor in the development of an autonomous client? I’ve been recently reading about the importance of language in Epistemology. Particularly Wittgenstein and his ideas of language and it’s role in our shaping of the world. SLIDE 1: Wittgenstein Thus we turn to the enigmatic realms of Analytic Philosophy‚ headed up by the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1922). His sentence that "We make to ourselves pictures of facts" is the summarization of the view that; "In the picture and

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    Metaphors In White Noise

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    White Noise: The Sounds That Keep us Sane White Noise follows Jack‚ a man who teaches Hitler studies and has a house full of children between him and his wife. The first part of the book‚ Waves and Radiation‚ introduces Jack’s family and his strange friend‚ Murray. We gain insight into the daily lives of the various characters‚ the relationship Jack carries with each of his children and his wife‚ Babette. While you’re reading the first part of the book‚ DeLillo gives you the sense that Jack is

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    Comments on English Poetic Metaphors ABSTRACT The painters keep the scenery on the drawing board via pigment while the poets create the feeling of grace and depth via metaphors. Metaphor is a commonly-used figure of speech both in English and Chinese poems. With metaphor‚ poems become vivid‚ colourful‚ artistic and moving. The use of metaphors in English poems shows the nature and culture factors are quite influential in literature works. Nowadays‚ metaphor is more and more being concerned

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    Has the metaphor of ‘learning journey’ any value in the analysis of research data on access‚ retention and ‘drop-out’ in higher education? Paul Armstrong‚ Researcher‚ RANLHE Project Since the earliest times the act of travelling‚ of proceeding from one place to another‚ has been seen as a natural metaphor for learning‚ for the acquisition of experience and knowledge. (Bishop C. Hunt Jr.‚ ‘Travel Metaphors and the Problem of Knowledge’‚ Modern Language Studies‚ vol. 6‚ no. 1‚ Spring‚ 1976‚ p.44) What’s

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    When first reading “Metaphors” by Sylvia Plath‚ the reader may find him or herself confused‚ or at least unsure of the meaning of this poem. The poem uses numerous images that‚ at first glance‚ don’t seem to have anything in common. However‚ the careful reader (or the luck one) will see the connection: all of these have something to do with round‚ big objects. If the reader takes into the account the “nine” syllables‚ symbolising nine months‚ and the imagery that relates to bloatedness and roundness

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    2 The significance of metaphors for our everyday communication referring to the example “football is war” Table of contents 1. Introduction………………………………………………………....3 2. Definition of metaphor……………………………………………..3 3. Reasons for using metaphors…………………………………….3 4. Metaphorical concepts……………………………………………..4 4.1 Structural metaphors………………………………………...…4 4.2 Orientational metaphors……………………………………….5 4.3 Ontological metaphors…………………………………………6 4.3.1

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    The machine metaphor is defined as an organization that operates in a mechanistic-like manner (Morgan 12). These organizations are very centralized and structured. The tasks performed are very monotonous and predictable‚ and workers become very separated from their work‚ similar to how a robot would operate. The employees are viewed by the organization as inanimate and replaceable. In a machine‚ each unit is independent and necessary to create a smooth operation of the whole machine

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    William Blake Metaphors

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    Particularly‚ though‚ repetition‚ personification and irony are all essential in solidifying the overarching messages and emotions present within the text. Firstly‚ the repetition of the word ‘prepare’ is easily visible in each stanza of the text. For example‚ “Prepare to meet our fathers in the sky..” and “Prepare your eyes to meet a holy God!” are two extremely powerful phrases that collectively reveal to the reader that war is death. By utilizing ‘prepare’ so many times‚ it reinforces a common idea

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    Rationale Metaphor‚ based on the association of similarity‚ is one of the two basic types of semantic transference that have been an interest for many linguistic researchers. Galperin ( 1981: 139-40) states that the term ‘metaphor’ can be understood as the transference of some quality from one object to another. Metaphor is widely used to designate the process in which a word acquires a derivative meaning. In theory‚ there are at least three communicative functions that metaphor might serve

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    is optimal for that unit‚ but that may not be optimum for the organization as a whole. For example‚ the quality control department of a factory may want to introduce a program that will guarantee that every bulb that is produced is perfect. However‚ the higher cost and the resulting high price would lead to a disaster for the overall company in the form of lower sales. Base on the view of culture metaphor‚ organizational culture is not a simple mirror of social reality but a framework for understanding

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