Poets and Portuguese Language Poetry: trajectories and projects

Pathological and Analytical study of ritual poetry of Kashan’s poets

Ritual poetry is a poem committed to and influenced by religious, theological and moral teachings and rich in Islamic teachings, which is in the service of religious values. Considering the religious atmosphere in Kashan and its social and cultural status, it can be said that ritual poetry in Kashan is an important part of poetic literature and many Kashani poets have been active in this field....

Portuguese Narrative Poetry

Neurosurgery in Turkish poetry: three poets, two poems and two neurosurgeons.

Poems are essential in art and vital organs in literature. Similarly, surgery (and neurosurgery) is also regarded to be an art in medicine. From Hippocrates to nowadays, there is a debate on whether medicine -especially surgery- is a kind of an art or a field of science or a combination of both. This close relation becomes clearer during the practice of surgery, especially in neurosurgery. Here...

Iconicity and metaphor in sign language poetry

This paper explores a unique relationship between iconicity and metaphor: that seen in creative sign language, where iconic properties abound at all levels of linguistic representation. We use the idea of ‘iconic superstructure’ to consider the way that metaphoric meaning is generated through the iconic properties of creative sign language. We focus on the interaction between the overall contex...

language learning strategies and vocabulary size of iranian efl learners

learning a second or foreign language requires the manipulation of four main skills, namely, listening, reading, speaking, and writing which lead to effective communication. it is obvious that vocabulary is an indispensible part of any communication, so without a vocabulary, no meaningful communication can take place and meaningful communication relies heavily on vocabulary. one fundamental fac...