Dahomean Narrative: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

Genre analysis of literature research article abstracts: A cross-linguistic, cross-cultural study

Following Swales’s  (1981)  works  on  genre  analysis,  studies  on  different  sections  of  Research Articles  (RAs)  in  various  languages  and  fields  abound;  however,  only  scant  attention  has  been directed toward abstracts written in Persian, and in the field of literature. Moreover, claims made by Lores (2004) regarding the correspondence of two types of abstracts with different ...

Cronyism: a cross-cultural analysis

Received: 17 October 2003 Revised: 18 March 2004 Accepted: 29 June 2005 Online publication date: 19 October 2005 Abstract The devastating economic effects of the Asian financial crisis and US corporate scandals have underscored the need to strengthen corporate governance provisions. Although cronyism has been suggested as a leading cause of the two crises, it has received little attention from ...

a cross-cultural analysis of metadiscourse features in persian and english opinion columns ( تجزیه و تحلیل بین فرهنگی عناصر فرامتنی در مقاله های دیدگاهی فارسی و انگلیسی )

this study purported to compare and contrast the use of self-mention and evidentials as two mtadiscourse features in opinion columns of persian and english newspapers. the theoretical basis of this study is the idea that metadiscourse features vary across cultural boundaries. for this purpose, 150 persian and 150 english opinion columns were collected based on three factors of topic, audience a...

Orality, Folktales and the Cross-Cultural Transmission of Narrative

Abstract: Lip Attractiveness: A Cross-Cultural Analysis

INTRODUCTION: Perception of beauty is influenced by the individual’s geographic, ethnic, cultural, and demographic background. However, objective measurements remain the foundation for aesthetic evaluations. In the quest for to better define “ideal” lip characteristics, this study assumes interdependence between variables such as country of residence, sex, age, occupation, and aesthetic percept...