this article studies the generative grammar approach and some other theories driven from it to lexicon and lexical entries. generative grammar is known as a syntax-based theory, so some aspects of language which have been studied in this theory may have been ignored in other theories. this article shows that more attention has been given to lexicon and lexical entries since 50s. we may claim th...

The present study investigated the effect of different types of text simplification (i.e., reducing the lexical and syntactic complexity of texts) on reading comprehension of English as a Foreign Language learners (EFL). Sixty female intermediate EFL learners from three intact classes in Tabarestan Language Institute in Tehran participated in the study. The intact classes were assigned to three...

perspective, labels represent an extra `informational resource' which is present in deduction and can play a variety of roles. One obtains a scala of labeling regimes depending on the degree of autonomy between the formula component and the label component of the basic declarative units. At the conservative end of the spectrum, the label simply keeps a passive record of inferential steps. Curry...