abstract pragmatics is the study of communicative action in its sociocultural context. communicative action includes not only using speech acts (such as apologizing, complaining, complimenting, and requesting), but also engaging in different types of discourse and participating in speech events of varying length and complexity. the present study aimed to investigate the assessment of pragm...

‏‎the community dynamics of aquatic coleoptera(insecta)in one of the spring-stream habitats of bammo national park in fars province called cheshmeh-ye-ghanbari is studied as a pilot project and model for acquaintance with and furthering the biodiversity studies on fauna of iran. sixteen species-populations out of nineteen of this community were already identified for their taxonomy and for thei...

the purpose of this study is to investigate and explore the causes of identity crisis as one of the debilitating consequences of colonial project after the withdrawal of colonial power. in order to do justice to the full-length severity of displacement that was the fruit of indentureship, v. s. naipauls west indian epic, a house for mr biswas, has been scrutinized with the main focus being the ...

unter den verschiedenen bereichen der komparatistik begegnet man einer der in letzten jahren entstandenen disziplinen, die sich gezielt und orientiert bezüglich der historischen und kulturellen quellen versucht, die literarischen relationen zwischen den verschiedenen sprachen durch analyse der fremden episoden zu erl?utern. die imagologie ist ein zwischenkulturelles wissen, das den anderen wiss...

diese wissenschaftliche arbeit, die als magisterarbeit für das studienfach „didaktik der deutschen sprache“ geschrieben wurde, befasst sich mit der novelle „der tod in venedig“ von dem berühmten deutschen schriftsteller „thomas mann“. nach kurzer vorstellung der biografie von thomas mann und der zusammenfassung und der interpretation der novelle wurde zun?chst kurze die ubersetzungstheorie und...

insurers have in the past few decades faced longevity risks - the risk that annuitants survive more than expected - and therefore need a new approach to manage this new risk. in this dissertation we survey methods that hedge longevity risks. these methods use securitization to manage risk, so using modern financial and insurance pricing models, especially wang transform and actuarial concepts, ...