Written around 990 A.D., Hidayat-MllIaallemill Fit Tibb (Student's Guide ill Medicine) is the oldest general medical text known to have been written in modern Persian. Little is known of the author other than the fact that he was apparently a well experienced practicing physician by the name of Abu Bah Rabi' bin Ahmad al-Akhawaini from Bukhara who claimed to bea second generation student o...

writers ensure the expected (re)construction of concepts in the mind of the audience through effective signposting of the inevitably linear linguistic stream, which is a main aspect of metadiscourse called interactive metadiscourse. in this study, the use of interactive metadiscourse markers in research articles was investigated to examine any probable difference existing between different disc...

aspect, so that a composite picture is given. The results are suggestive though not conclusive, nor do the writers make any dogmatic claims for their findings. In the first paper "Research lr> Chronic Alcoholism" a plea is made for further research into the whole problem, especially scientifically controlled studies in the broad social field so that Society may understand the significance ?f al...

non-technical that it would be suitable for publication in the lay press for public education. Several chapters address practical issues having to do with establishing and carrying out a human genome mapping project. Since the Department of Energy, along with the NIH, has a major role in carrying out this project, such papers are particularly appropriate in this small book. The volume will be o...

Some of the technology-generated changes may not have a measurable effect on the end literary product: despite the lamentations of many writers, it is not clear whether the physical act of writing on a word processor truly changes the written document. In the same vein, though it is astonishing that a book can be written in the United States, edited in Switzerland, typeset in India, and proofre...

This paper uses recipe contributors named in three early modern manuscript receipt books (Sloane MS 2485, Sloane 2486 and Folger V.a 619) to identify the author as Margaret Baker, daughter of Richard Baker Chronicler (c.1568-1645) Mainwaring (died c.1652). A familial connection is also made Wellcome 212. The example used argue for necessity identifying a broader range receipt, or recipe, book w...

The title of the book shows, based on a metaphor, use euphemism to refer death. reader can obtain transversal vision this subject: from traditional thought great change that took place in 19th century with professionalization health and death, finally, present time, interweaving technology. result is unfolding wide variety discourses: thinkers, professionals, patient testimonies through their n...

The monograph by American researcher Lonny Harrison tells about the language and metaphors of Russian revolution. In general, book is rather a detailed essay on history literature XVIIIXX centuries, actually are not given as much attention we would like. Nevertheless, author has written complete study revealing to foreign reader various little-known stories from life work writers pre-revolution...