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Something that represents something else by association, resemblance, or convention.
What is Symbol?
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Symbolic activities like the use of words/symbols
What caused people to have feelings of guilt?
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A word or phrase denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness
What is Metaphor?
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3,000 Languages
How many languages are in today?
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Is another field concerned with the generation and conveyance of meaning.
What is the definition of Semiotics?
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Tenor and Vehicle
What are 2 key components of metaphor?
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God had allowed him "to go up to the mountain top," and that he had " Seen the promise Land" but ... doubted that he would get there with his followers.
What did Martin Luther king Jr. say the night before he was assassinated?
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Signification, denotation, and connotation
What were 3 terms that Langer used for an approach?
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Identify and isolate the tenors and vehicles, then the vehicles are mapped back to the tenor
What is the key to determining the persuasiveness of metaphors?
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