figurative language
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffigurativeandlanguage
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figurative
adjective
uk/ˈfɪɡ.ər.ə.tɪv/us/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ.ə.tɪv/
(of words and phrases) used not with their basic meaning but with a more imaginative meaning, in order to create a ...
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language
noun
uk/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/us/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition offigurativeandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Understandingfigurativelanguage: from metaphors to idioms.
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What this has to do with the specific topic offigurativelanguageand sociocultural factors is left unexplored.
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At the same time, it is generally acknowledged thatfigurativelanguage, and particularly metaphor, is the most powerful source for linguistic innovation.
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When potential correlated variance among the four social discourse subscales was controlled, only the ability to recreate sentences and comprehendfigurativelanguagediscriminated the groups.
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These could well be useful to researchers interested infigurativelanguage.
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Thus, the traditional view cannot account for the fact that context actually facilitates initial comprehension offigurativelanguage.
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The next three chapters are concerned with various forms offigurativelanguageincluding metaphors and similes, idioms, and proverbs.
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It is accepted that the theological realist who usesfigurativelanguageof any kind does not want to claim privileged knowledge.
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The use offigurativelanguage, banal as it may seem, reflects the experience of the user and the intellectual environment in which he functioned.
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The field of psycholinguistics has a history of ignoring sociocultural factors and, to a lesser extent,figurativelanguage.
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The thematic coherence of lyrics becomes more important, as doesfigurativelanguage, metaphor and stylistic surprise.
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This is provided byfigurativelanguageemploying nature metaphors.
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They metaphorize her diction andfigurativelanguage, for example, in terms of chaos, terror, and meaninglessness.
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Thinking requiresfigurativelanguage, and the discussion of abstract phenomena calls for metaphors or such nonlinguistic relationships as models, analogies, symbols, and images.
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Moreover, the quote demonstrates that at this point in time, the relation between thefigurativelanguageand its significate had already been reversed.
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The model assumes an unbridgeable divide between thefigurativelanguageand the reality, and the impossiblity of literal reference.
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Little information is available in the educational literature on how to teachfigurativelanguageeffectively in schools.
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By focusing onfigurativelanguage, unconscious meanings, gendered associations and authorial intentions, the business documents are assessed as cultural and literary artefacts.
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The communicative resources employed may include, among others,figurativelanguage, special paralinguistic features, special formulae, and special codes.
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