This article examines Japanese novelist Natsume Sōseki’s (1867–1916) memoir Recollecting and Such (Omoidasu koto nado; 1910). I argue that Sōseki invites the reader to imagine breath through his literary representation of both physiological metaphysical experience rhythm narrative’s experimental poetic form. In concert with theme this special issue, show how self-reflexively restores evokes cor...

in islamic civilization, rhetoric is the product of a great attempt to find out the secrets of quranic language; nevertheless, the achievements of such studies have been mechanically applied to persian which, compared to arabic, has a different linguistic system and literary conventions. this approach has brought about problems in defining literary terms, internal rhythm being one of them. this...

the concept of “form of literary work” highly significant in formalism depends on the two following suggestions. 1) any part of literature, from word to speech, must be studied and known on the basis of its relationship with other parts or constitutes. thus, recognition of structural or original foundation of the works of art is the most important function of any given literary research. 2)...

Recent interest in cardiac arrhythmias in children has been motivated by a growing awareness and understanding of primai}^ rhythm disorders in the young as well as by an increasing emergence of cardiac arrhythmias following surgical repair of many congenital heart defects.̂ An increased understanding and use of both conventional and investigational antiarrhythmic medications in children has, by ...

In an effort to enhance public awareness, we develop Dikir Farmasi as an innovative approach to deliver health information. Dikir Farmasi combines the elements of dikir barat (a type of traditional folk song rhythm) and traditional sketches which are popular in the state of Kelantan, Malaysia. These sketches and dikir barat rhythmic songs, with lyrics touch on issues such as drug abuse and regu...

Children with specific language impairments (SLIs) show impaired perception and production of language, and also show impairments in perceiving auditory cues to rhythm [amplitude rise time (ART) and sound duration] and in tapping to a rhythmic beat. Here we explore potential links between language development and rhythm perception in 45 children with SLI and 50 age-matched controls. We administ...