the careful selection and proper use of lexical elements is the distinguishing feature of the holy quran. these elements are classified as subsets of semiotics and each of them play their role within the context of a surah and topics that it covers. for example in luqman surah topics such as monotheism, polytheism, atheism, prayer and the day of resurrection are discussed by different methods s...

irony is a tool that implicitly treats social realities by drawing upon wit. such wit is backed up with silent thought and contemplation that would quietly yet effectively shriek man out of his slumber of oblivion. thus, irony is a means to an end and a weapon aimed at certain individuals or groups of people. among the features of ibrahim touqan’s poetry is the sincere and passionate obsession ...

the present study investigates azari-turkish wh-words within the framework of minimalism. the analysis of wh-in-situ data shows that [+q] &ki;/kïparticle are syntactically in complementary distribution in azari-turkish. when a wh-word is bound by [+q] in c-position, it is interpreted as interrogative element. if, on the other hand, the wh-word is bound by ki/kïparticle which appears in c-positi...

In this paper, I discuss the connection between Lakatosian method of proofs and refutations, Hintikkan models of interrogative inquiry and paraconsistency. I bridge these different schools with dialectic, and their underlying reliance on the inconsistent.

Current theories of interrogative syntax/semantics adopt two strategies for the interpretation of in-situ wh-phrases: covert movement and in-situ interpretation. The covert movement strategy is traditionally assumed to be all-or-nothing: the in-situ wh-phrase covertly moves to C or else stays in-situ and is interpreted in its base-generated position at LF. In this paper we argue that neither ap...

Interrogative visualization refers to the process of interactive computer graphics display and accurate quantitative querying of physical data. Quantitative querying includes search for metric, combinato-rial and topological information. To support this paradigm, we build uniform, compact, co-registered representations (spline models) of multiple physical data elds over the same domain. Dense, ...