Reply to LLT/Phil-Studies '03 on The Empirical Stance

Reply to the Comments on "Chemistry of Pyrolysis and Kinetic Studies of Shea Nut (Vitellaria Paradoxa) Shells Activated Carbon for Textile Wastewater Treatment"

Tracing Metadiscursive Stance over Time and Across Disciplines: A Comparative Study of English Research Articles

Research in academic writing has revealed a strong tendency on the part of writers to interactively communicate their scientific findings with their readers. In doing so, the writers should take a position while arguing their propositions. This interaction as proposed by Hyland (2005b) takes places having two sides of stance and engagement. This study targeted the stance component of writer-rea...

A Problem in Avicennas View on the Origination of the Soul and a Reply to It

Antithetical Gendered Stances in Readers’ Comments on Domestic Violence against Men

Domestic violence against women (DVAW) has received much attention from scholars across disciplines, leading to a circumvention of studies on domestic violence against men (DVAM). This paper, therefore, engages in a qualitative dialogic analysis of readers’ comments on cases of DVAM reported in select blogs in order to elicit opposing gendered stances on DVAM in the selected readers’ comments; ...

The Non-Aligned Movement and Nuclear Disarmament: Stance and Actions

The emergence of nuclear weapons as a new actor in international relations has introduced a new area in the international security arena. Since the appearance of these weapons, there have been increasing efforts to limit and destroy them in order to achieve global peace in the framework of disarmament and centered around the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Along with the eme...