Abstract Generic sentences involving phrasal conjunctions present a prima facie problem for the standard theory of generics according to which they express quasi-universal generalisations about what is characteristic members particular kind. For example, sentence ‘Elephants live in Africa and Asia’ true, even though it uncharacteristic an elephant both Asia. In response this problem, theorists ...

this paper reported on a genre-driven comparative study, which aimed to identify the generic moves in the conclusion sections of twenty research articles in the field of sociology written in the two codes of persian and english. to meet this purpose, the researchers employed moritz, meurer, and dellagnelo's model, which was set within the swalesian framework of genre analysis. the analysis...

Numerical taxonomy and seed storage protein analysis of Hyoscyamus species of Iran was carried out with the aim to illustrate species inter-relationship and to check the sub-generic taxonomic treatment proposed for the genus. Cluster analysis of morphological and protein data grouped the species in three separate clusters which supports the relationships of H. niger with H. reticulatus and H. k...