Claire Gubbins
Biographic Data
| ID | 10792105 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Claire Gubbins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Claire |
| FAMILY NAME | Gubbins |
| SIGNATURE | GUBBINS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dublin City University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7285-0528 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Metaphor
An agreed definition of metaphor does not appear to exist, with agreement only for a more general description of metaphor where metaphor is described as carrying meaning from one domain to another. Metaphors are argued to enable us to fill gaps in our language and transfer meaning by utilizing a metaphor which fits the characteristics of the concept that we wish to highlight. Metaphors are argued to add new meanings to both the source and target …
Social Capital
Social capital, as a concept, is defined in numerous and varied ways. Definitions focus on the structure of relations among actors in a network, the characteristics of the actors, the resources possessed by and available to the actors in a network or both the structure, characteristics and resources of a network of actors. The multitude of definitions of social capital is argued to be in part because the differences in metaphors used by authors t…
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Metaphor
An agreed definition of metaphor does not appear to exist, with agreement only for a more general description of metaphor where metaphor is described as carrying meaning from one domain to another. Metaphors are argued to enable us to fill gaps in our language and transfer meaning by utilizing a metaphor which fits the characteristics of the concept that we wish to highlight. Metaphors are argued to add new meanings to both the source and target …
Social Capital
Social capital, as a concept, is defined in numerous and varied ways. Definitions focus on the structure of relations among actors in a network, the characteristics of the actors, the resources possessed by and available to the actors in a network or both the structure, characteristics and resources of a network of actors. The multitude of definitions of social capital is argued to be in part because the differences in metaphors used by authors t…
Epistemology (2 works) · Capital (architecture) (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Domain (mathematical analysis) (1 work) · Focus (optics) (1 work) · Geography (1 work) · Knowledge management (1 work) · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition (1 work) · Linguistics (1 work) · Mathematics (1 work)