The present study was an attempt to illustrate the interaction between writers and readers. Conveying of the writers’ voice, stance, and interaction with reader was put forward within this paradigm. Being a good academic writer is highly related to the use of these strategies.  Adopting a position and persuading readers of claims are very important. This study was aimed at showing th...

Collocation has been considered a problematic area for L2 learners. Various studies have been conducted to investigate native speakers‘ (NS) and non-native speakers‘ (NNS) use of different types of collocations (e.g., Durrant and Schmitt, 2009; Laufer and Waldman, 2011).These studies have indicated that, unlike NS, NNS rely on a limited set of collocations and tend to overuse them. This raises ...

duringthe past two decades, thedetective genrehas experiencedan unprecedented boomin latinamerica. many ofthe writers writing in this regard have highlightedtheroleof women indetectiveframes.thispaper examinesa series ofdetective novelstoexaminebroadlytheevolutionofthe female figure incontemporarydetectivenovelsofargentina, chileandmexico. here,we show howthewomandetectivestartsimitatingandparo...

This paper deals with the problem of estimating an appropriate hand posture to grasp an object, from 2D object’s visual cues in a many-to-many (objects,grasp) configuration. A statistical learning protocol implementing vector-valued regression is adopted for both classifying the most likely grasp type and estimating the hand posture. An extensive experimental evaluation on a publicly available ...

Recent research has shown that academic writing is not ‘author-evacuated’ but, rather, carries a representation of the writers’ identity. One way through which writers project their identity in academic writing is stance-taking toward propositions advanced in the text. Appropriate stance-taking has proved to be challenging for novice writers of Research Articles (RAs), especially those writing ...

A substantial body of thought about language supports the notion that written and spoken language differ most with respect to the contexts in which each is created and must function. Writers, unlike speakers, do not produce language in the company of a language receiver. And written texts, unlike spoken, must function apart from the context of their production. Unlike spoken discourse, which is...

gabriel garcía márquez is one of the most outstanding cultural, political and social figures in latin america. apparently iranian writers have been greatly influenced by him and we can perceive the reflection of his words, his style, or in general, his voice in the works of many persians writers. in this research we have done an intertextual-comparative-study on the reflection of one hundred ye...