The present paper’s aim is to investigate how the participants of an online learning environment employed written language in a creative way through the spontaneous use of figurative language. The content analysis showed that figurative language was a means to express the social dimension either to refer to the self, feelings and emotions, or to conceptualize the components of the virtual learn...

The goal of this study was to investigate the kinds of discourse goals that Iranian EFL learners perceive as the most probable reasons behind the utterance of figurative language, metaphors and similes, with reference to 4 independent variables of Figure Type (Metaphor or Simile), Tenor Concreteness (Concrete or Abstract), Context (List Format or Story), and Modality (Oral, Written, and Both). ...

This paper reports on a qualitative study that examined the perceptions of English teachers towards ‘teachability’ metaphorical language in Chilean EFL classrooms. The aimed at gaining better understanding teachers’ role metaphor classroom. A group six in-service participated this study. Data were gathered through semi-structured interviews, which addressed three broad dimensions: (i) views and...

This study aims to investigate the types of figurative language used in online reviews a game. The method applied was qualitative. data were obtained from ten World Warcraft game found on internet. analyzed using stylistic approach. results show that four tend be reviews. They are hyperbole (40%), personification (24%), simile (23%), and metaphor (13%).

This study aims to discover the figurative language and its meaning in song lyrics used "Midnights" album. The data included of all songs (13 songs) from Taylor Swift's employed a descriptive qualitative method as well content analysis design describe types lyrics. findings revealed that eight were album's lyrics: personification, simile, metaphor, hyperbole, irony, litotes, metonymy, oxymoron....

Figurative languages are that use figures of speech, not literal meanings. This research analyzed the figurative language used in lyric Girl on Fire by Alicia Keys. The purpose this is to find out types lyrics song Keys and analyze contextual meaning lyrics. It hoped results study will be useful for readers, especially describing what kind are. method descriptive qualitative research. got from ...

The present study aimed firstly at investigating the impact of translators' style on figurative language translation from English into Persian. Secondly, it intended to find which strategies were most frequently adopted by Persian translators to translate figures of speech into Persian. Lastly, the study sought to check the extent of transference of figurative features of literary texts in Engl...

This study investigated the development of novel metaphor and metonymy comprehension in both typically developing (TD) children and individuals with Williams syndrome (WS). Thirty-one TD children between the ages of 3;09 and 17;01 and thirty-four individuals with WS between the ages of 7;01 and 44 years old were administered a newly developed task examining novel metaphor and metonymy comprehen...

the goal of this study was to investigate the kinds of discourse goals that iranian efl learners perceive as the most probable reasons behind the utterance of figurative language, metaphors and similes, with reference to 4 independent variables of figure type (metaphor or simile), tenor concreteness (concrete or abstract), context (list format or story), and modality (oral, written, and both). ...