Sometimes war involves battling other countries; other times, it's the metaphorical kind, like our current "war" against the coronavirus.
Jul 10, 2020
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Figurative language, by which the speaker intends to communicate something other than what is actually said by the words used, is commonplace in human communication. Some claim that metaphorical expressions such as "My home ...
Jul 1, 2020
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The first manual of expressions describing cancer has been developed by researchers to help patients make sense of their disease.
Nov 11, 2019
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Cancer is often cast as a "battle" or a "war" that should be fought and won to motivate patients to overcome the disease, or encourage people to make healthy choices that could prevent it.
Oct 15, 2019
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Scientists have used MRI scanners to discover the parts of the brain which understand metaphors, in both healthy volunteers and people with schizophrenia. They found that people with schizophrenia employ different brain circuits ...
Sep 7, 2019
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You can grasp a hand. You can also grasp a concept. One is literal. One is metaphorical. Our brains know the difference, but would we be able to understand the latter without the former?
Apr 2, 2019
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It is estimated that approximately one in five known pregnancies end in miscarriage, 1 in every 200 births is a stillbirth, and 2,000 terminations for reasons of foetal anomaly are performed in the UK each year. Often unexpected ...
Mar 14, 2019
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Analysis led by Lancaster University researchers suggests that spontaneous humour is used and appreciated by people with cancer and can be a helpful way of dealing with distressing, taboo or embarrassing circumstances.
Dec 6, 2017
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Observe whether two people use metaphors in conversation with each other if you want to guess how close they are as friends. Or sharpen your ability to tune into other people's emotional or mental states by observing the ...
Mar 12, 2015
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It's not unusual for people to use war metaphors such as "fight" and "battle" when trying to motivate patients with cancer.
Dec 15, 2014
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