Schemata are expressions that are fixed except for slots available for novel words (I'm not a ______ person). Our goals were to quantify speakers' knowledge, examine semantic flexibility in open slots, and compare performance data in two generations of speakers using cloze procedures in formulaic expressions, schemata open slots, fixed portions of schemata, and novel sentences. Fewer unique wor...

Is It True that “If You Run Ahead of Yourself, Cannot Go Very Far”? Image Schemata and Aphorisms
 The author uses a cognitive tool called image schemata to analyse aphorisms. originate from early bodily experience are enable ground the phenomenon linguistic meaning there. aphorism is defined not only as fact but conceptual structure based on an axiological clash. clash results profiling op...

Prior knowledge in the domain of mathematics can sometimes interfere with learning and performance in that domain. One of the best examples of this phenomenon is in students' difficulties solving equations with operations on both sides of the equal sign. Elementary school children in the U.S. typically acquire incorrect, operational schemata rather than correct, relational schemata for interpre...

According to modern religious studies, religions are rooted in certain metaphorical representations, so they are metaphorical in nature. This article aims to show, first, how conceptual metaphors employ image schemas to make our language meaningful, and then to assert that image-schematic structure of religious expressions, by which religious metaphors conceptualize abstract meanings, is the ba...

Reading is a complicated process that involves the reader's engagement with text to develop meaning. Language proficiency regarded be more significant and contribute reading comprehension in second language or foreign than other aspects. This study aimed at measure which of content schemata linguistic contributes most comprehension. The was carried out sample 35 English students first semester ...

In this paper a method of ordering slots of verb schemata related by diathesis alternations is presented. Such schemata are grouped together and represent a single meaning of a verb. The schema dominating in a group is found and its slots are numbered w.r.t. their obliqueness hierarchy. These numbers are propagated to other schemata accordingly to alternations linking slots of schemata related ...

Schema-based program transformation 5] has been proposed as an eeective technique for the optimisation of logic programs. Schemata are applied to a logic program, mapping ineecient constructs to more eecient ones. One challenging aspect of the technique is that of proving that the schemata are correct. This paper describes work in progress addressing the issue of correctness. We deene operation...