The aim of this study is to determine the effect of word clustering method on vocabulary learning of Iranian EFL learners through a case of semantic versus phonological clustering. To this effect, 80 homogeneous students from four intermediate classes at an English institute in Torbat e Heydariyeh participated in this research. They were assigned to four groups according to semantic versus phon...

This research examines the philosophy of history from perspective Saint Augustine. Augustine has contributed to field philosophy, and became one philosophers speculative history. Meanwhile, aim is see historical thoughts movements can be classified in philosophical research. The method used this study a qualitative with literature review as reference source. While data analysis techniques, auth...

In this paper, I argue that all expressions for abstract objects are meaningless. My argument closely follows David Lewis’ against the intelligibility of certain theories possible worlds, but modifies it in order to yield a general conclusion about language pertaining objects. If my Lewisian is sound, not only can we know exist, cannot even refer or think them. However, while strongly motivates...

Objective: Verbal fluency is a cognitive function that can be easily assessed in bedside and provide useful data for clinical assessment of a variety of cognitive functions. We decided to provide a standardized test for the assessment of verbal fluency in Persian language, including both phonemic and semantic fluency subtests.  Method: First, three letters (P, D, and Sh) and three categories (...

Objective: According to the declarative/procedural model, the semantic aspect of language depends on the brain structures responsible for declarative memory. The word pairs task is a common tool for evaluating declarative memory. The current study aimed to design a valid and reliable task for evaluating declarative memory in Persian children at learning and retention stages and to investigate i...

The title of Michael Drayton’s Ideas Mirrour (1594) has often been seen as encapsulating a Petrarchan and Neoplatonic poetics adopted by most Elizabethan sonneteers countered or subverted the canonical poets. This essay suggests that such an interpretation misrepresents complexity sonnet sequences in general particular, reassessing Petrarchism alleged Neo-platonism well revising Thomas P. Roche...

content-based image retrieval and text-based image retrieval are two fundamental approaches in the field of image retrieval. the challenges related to each of these approaches, guide the researchers to use combining approaches and semi-automatic retrieval using the user interaction in the retrieval cycle. hence, in this paper, an image retrieval system is introduced that provided two kind of qu...