Examples of figurative language can range from the explicit and the obvious to the implicit and downright enigmatic. Some simpler forms, like simile, often wear their meanings on their sleeve, while more challenging forms, like metaphor, can make cryptic allusions more akin to those of riddles or crossword puzzles. In this paper we argue that because the same concepts and properties are describ...

Three important changes to how public accounting in the USA is practiced have occurred in the last few years. Large firms have expanded their scope of services to such a degree that multidisciplinary practice seems the next logical step. At the same time, the success of consulting work has required some firms to bifurcate these activities into separate entities. Meanwhile, smaller practices are...

In Beyond the horizon, Amma Darko uses words in unique ways to bring subject of gender representations and abuse women fore. Employing a stylistics framework analysis, this study investigates text’s parallelisms deviations, interprets uncovers implied underlying meanings issues related novel. The analysis reveals how through patterned repetitions sentences, as well some language deviations text...

Over the years, a diverse range of drawdown measures has evolved to guide asset management. The authors show that almost all these fit into unified framework. This new framework simplifies implementation and improves an understanding their similarities differences. Conceptual differences between translate different rankings portfolios, which document in simulation study. Their research also sho...

Following the usage-based model, construction grammar assumes co-existence of different inventories, it allows for constructions beyond clause level, and embraces many types meaning including discourse-functional meanings. It is thus well-suited to investigate relationship between genre on one hand possible sub-grammars other. In current paper, we discuss these relationships based a multimodal ...

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