Abstract Contrastivism about interrogative understanding is the view that ‘S understands why p ’ posits a three-place epistemic relation between subject S, fact , and an alternative to q . This thesis stands in stark opposition natural idea S can be said understand simpliciter I argue contrastivism offers best explanation for evaluations of form vary depending on alternatives under consideratio...

Objectives: Studies have shown that most children before the age of 5 are capable to comprehend and express wh-questions in daily conversations. This study aimed at comparing the ability of wh-questions’ production in 4- to 6-year-old children in spontaneous and elicited conditions. Methods: In this descriptive-analytic study, 4- to 6-year-old Persian-speaking children (N = 72) were selected r...

stylistic is a critical method which studies the linguistic and mental level of a literary work in order to discover the important elements; that's why it selects the literary texts as its main work and attempts to study them. the present paper surveys ahlam mosteghanemi poetries in descriptive – analytical method stylistically in three levels: vocal, combined and mental.

This article presents an argument for the existence of God, showing that the evident phenomena are best explained by supposing that a God causes them. The argument is based on the inductive force of four very evident general phenomena: that there is a physical Universe; that it is governed by very simple natural laws; that those laws are such as to lead to the existence of human bodies; and tha...

this paper represents a commentary to marianna fotaki’s editorial: ‘why and how is compassion necessary to provide good quality healthcare?’ within this commentary, i discuss some of the issues raised by marianna fotaki, and conclude that we should work towards an organizational culture which considers the important concept of compassion by focusing on the well-being and teamwork of all involved.