Cultural representation in Luxembourgish street naming practices

Effective Factors on Naming Practices in Iran: Sociopolitics or Dialect?

Naming as an inseparable sign of a country’s language has attracted the attention of many linguists to formulate and test hypotheses regarding the culture and language of the people of a certain area. Iran appears like a proper destination for conducting a research focusing on naming based on several factors such as geography or chronology. The present article aims to take a specific look at th...

Street-cleaning Problems and Practices

The problem of keeping our cities and towns clean is far more complex and baffling than most of our citizens realize. Many of our city officials do not truly realize its magnitude: they are aware that so many street sweepers, truck drivers, and white wings are on the payroll; but without investigation they naturally assume that the best possible job is being done. Many of us have visited other ...

Naming Practices and Ethnic Identity in Tuva

An Investigation into Cultural Representation in Interchange Textbooks

Language and culture are now deemed to be co-constitutive; hence English language teaching (ELT) textbooks should incorporate cultural aspects and promote intercultural competence. However, careful decisions should be made as regards to the cultural content of materials and the ways in which culture is represented. This study was an attempt to deconstruct the patterns of cultural representation...

effective factors on naming practices in iran: sociopolitics or dialect?

naming as an inseparable sign of a country’s language has attracted the attention of many linguists to formulate and test hypotheses regarding the culture and language of the people of a certain area. iran appears like a proper destination for conducting a research focusing on naming based on several factors such as geography or chronology. the present article aims to take a specific look at th...