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  • 41George Lakoff — Lakoff and Professor Lakoff redirect here. For the sociolinguist, see Robin Lakoff. George P. Lakoff (pronEng|ˈleɪkɒf, born May 24, 1941) is a professor of cognitive linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since …

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  • 42Modern geocentrism — Part of a series on Creationism History of creationism Neo creationism …

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  • 43Biblical hermeneutics — refers to methods of interpreting the Bible. It is part of the broader hermeneutical question, relating to the problem of how one is to understand religious texts. By definition, this is a theological act, i.e., part of the discourse of a faith… …

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  • 44’Pataphysics — Pataphysics (French: Pataphysique ), a term coined by French writer Alfred Jarry (1873 – 1907), is a philosophy dedicated to studying what lies beyond the realm of metaphysics. It is a parody of the theory and methods of modern science and is… …

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  • 45Fictive Motion — is a relatively new subject in psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics. Fictive motion is motion that is not actually happening in the physical world; it is an imagined type of motion whereby we construct a visual image of a specific scene… …

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  • 46Фигура в поэтике и риторике — по аналогии с определенными предустановленными формами движений так называемыми Ф. в танцах, старые грамматики дали название Ф. таким же типичным формам движения речи. Учение о Ф. одна из наиболее древних и детально разработанных частей теории… …

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  • 47speech, figure of — ▪ rhetoric       any intentional deviation from literal statement or common usage that emphasizes, clarifies, or embellishes both written and spoken language. Forming an integral part of language, figures of speech are found in primitive oral… …

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  • 48Hexaemeron — • Signifies a term of six days, or, technically, the history of the six days work of creation, as contained in the first chapter of Genesis Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Hexaemeron     Hexaemeron …

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  • 49Literal — may refer to:*Literal and figurative language, taken in a non figurative sense. *Literal translation, the close adherence to the forms of a source language text. *Terminal symbol in regular expressions and in descriptions of formal grammars.… …

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  • 50The Sacrament of Penance —     The Sacrament of Penance     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Sacrament of Penance     Penance is a sacrament of the New Law instituted by Christ in which forgiveness of sins committed after baptism is granted through the priest s absolution to… …

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