Cultural metaphors in Singlish by Lai, Yun-Sxin

“…Cultural metaphors are “culturally constructed” conceptual metaphors (Sharifian, 2014b, p. 482) born from experiences unique to each culture. …”
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Reimagining chinese ghost tales through graphic illustrations by Liu, Qingqing

“…Therefore, the thesis aims at identifying the various cultural values of traditional Chinese ghost stories, in view of understanding the metaphorical meanings and human nature of the past society. …”
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Ecomodernist tropes in Singapore science fiction by Uy, Jamie

“…I identify an essential environmental trope from each of these primary texts that corresponds to a key metaphor of three particular phases of Singapore’s ecomodernist development: the engineered planet Eden in Star Sapphire exemplifying the growth imperative of the early Garden City initiatives from 1960s- 80s, the dystopian concrete jungle of Sintawan in Avatar/流放化身 subverting the sunny futurism of Urban Redevelopment Authority’s Tropical City of Excellence plan from 1990s- 2000s, and the feral science-fantasy world Ea in the Tensorate series complicating the myth of human control in the Economic Development Board’s Living Laboratory campaigns post- 2010s. …”
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