the formation of marriage which is the foundation of family in both islam and zoroastrianism depends on certain requirements or conditions. the comparative study of these requirements or conditions shows certain similarities and differences between the two religions, and examining these issues can shed light on the common tradition and shared heritage between the two. the present essay will fir...

An important question for some spatial language systems is how to select the frames of reference that underlie the production and interpretation of spatial expressions. The psychological experiments described here examine whether the usual classification scheme for reference frames hould be modified to include a reference frame for the addressee of a spatial expression, or whether considering t...