Many noteworthy studies have been done to examine the discursive relationship between gender and metaphor in the context of politics, media and literature. In this research, however, I try to investigate the relationship between gender and metaphor specifically in poetical discourse. The main questions of this research are as follows: What is the role of gender in the production and selection o...

47. Wilensky GR, Satcher D. Don’t forget about the social determinants of health. Health Aff (Millwood). 2009;28(2): w194–w198. 48. Payne L. Environmental public opinion in cross-national surveys: who’s willing to contribute? Paper presented at: Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association; January 3, 2007; New Orleans, LA. Available at: http:// www.allacademic.com/meta/p153768_...

Eighteenth century Spain witnessed a revaluation of the Hippocratic works as a result of the growing criticism of the Galenism dominant in the Spanish University of the time. Probably the most important author in this reformist trend was Andrès Piquer y Arrufat (1711-1772), eclectic philosopher, university professor and doctor to the Kings Fernando VI and Carlos III. His desire to transform med...

Unlike Lexical Projections, Functional Projections (Extended Projections) are more of an ‘abstract’ in nature. Therefore, Functional Projections seem to be acquired later than Lexical Projections by the L2 learners. The present study investigates Iranian L2 learners’ acquisition of English Extended Projections taking into account their level of grammatical proficiency. Specifically, the aim is ...

Computer mediated communication (CMC) and electronic markets have seen tremendous growth due to the fast propagation of the internet. In spite of the numerous benefits of electronic communication, it is not without its pitfalls. Two characteristics of computer mediated communication have proven to be particularly problematic: online anonymity and the enormity of data present in cyber communitie...

Frequencies and discourse functions of grammatical subject types were investigated in a corpus of forty results and discussion sections selected from four disciplines (Applied Linguistics, Psychology, Chemistry, and Environmental Engineering). The results and discussion sections were selected from research articles that were published in 2008-2012 issues of prestigious high journals of ...

Assessment  of  grammatical  knowledge  is  a  rather  neglected  area  of  research  in  the  field with  many  open  questions  (Purpura,  2004).  The  present  research  incorporates  recent proposals  about  the  nature  of  grammatical  development  to  create  a  framework  consisting of dimensions of complexity, range and strength, and studies which dimension(s) can best predict the stat...