This study represents an interdisciplinary attempt to trace the origins of metaphorical expressions as they are found in English grammatical terminology. The perspective chosen combines cognitive and art-historical approaches to the meaning of abstract concepts: cognitive semantics and iconography. It takes into account the historical dimension of the media which have served, over the course of...

This paper presents quite a different version of the origins of the Red Cross from that officially recognised. On the basis of historical documents and statements of authors who are critical and attentive to the detail of the circumstances and events which gave rise to the Red Cross, it is possible to discern a surprising historical truth.

Abstract This research analyzes the role of accounting in slave system Brazil 19th century, looking at records and inventories trade buyers. The study had a qualitative approach using historiographical research. In terms media, it was bibliographic documentary with an exploratory objective. Part carried out online database Slave Voyages person Historical Geographical Institute Pernambuco (IAHGP...

although the use of metaphorical markers in corpora has been studied to a largeextent (e.g., glucksberg & keysar 1993; skorczynska & deignan, 2006; sznjder,2005), no attempt to the best of the researchers' knowledge has been made todescribe metaphorical marking in a comparative analysis of 2 corpora in bothnational and international journals of applied linguistics in iran. the gap envis...

the notion ‘assisting with sins’ is a rule founded upon argumentations from the qur’an and tradition, reason and consensus, and its authority is unassailable. there is almost no dispute as regards its authority, whereas the implications of the term have always been controversial and contested among the jurists. what has been considered as important in this research is the study of the history a...

In the last decade, high profile financial frauds committed by large companies in both developed and developing countries were discovered and reported. This study compares the performance of five popular statistical and machine learning models in detecting financial statement fraud. The research objects are companies which experienced both fraudulent and non-fraudulent financial statements betw...