Communication among agents in a natural language places certain requirements on the conceptual model, and language itself places constraints on what can be communicated fluently, without circumlocution. In this paper, I explore the relationship between conceptual modeling and natural language generation, focusing on the problem of representing and describing events. A text generator producing t...

The main concern of this study was communication strategies (CSs) which are used to compensate for communication breakdown. The goals of this study were to examine whether proficiency level of Iranian students had any relationship with their choice of CSs. This research was descriptive in nature. The participants were 15 pre-intermediate and 14 intermediate EFL learners between 16 to 21years ol...

Simile, which appears in different modes, is one of the major subjects of a branch of rhetoric called Bayan. Some of these modes, such as intellectual-intellectual and sensible-intellectual are not in harmony with the illuminating   role of simile; therefor, the books on Bayanhardlyhave positive attitudes towards these modes of simile, but contrary to this attitude, such similes appea...

OBJECTIVE To describe the clinical, positron emission tomography (PET), pathological, and genetic findings of a large kindred with progressive neurodegenerative phenotypes in which the proband had autopsy-confirmed corticobasal degeneration (CBD). METHODS Five family members, including the proband, were examined neurologically. Clinical information from the other family members was collected ...

Now the notion of domination on which we rely is, indeed, not transitive. [.. . ] This lack of transitivity, especially in the above formalistic presentation, may appear to be an annoying complication and it may even seem desirable to make an effort to rid the theory of it. Yet the reader who takes another look at the last paragraph will notice that it really contains only a circumlocution of a...

BACKGROUND Impairments in oral word production are common at the onset of stroke. The identification of factors that predict early recovery has important implications for identifying those at greater risk of continued impaired functioning, and the management of the patient's care following discharge. AIMS To identify patterns of performance that are predictors of acute recovery of oral word p...

SECTION 1 A 76-year-old, right-handed man presented to our emergency department with a 3-day history of cognitive decline following a motor vehicle collision. Medical history included hypertension, atrial fibrillation, and renal dysfunction. He was a high-functioning retired advertising executive who formerly smoked cigarettes, and used neither recreational drugs nor alcohol. His family reporte...

A CENTURY and a halfhas passed since the appearance ofthe " posterior pole" as a landmark in the fundus, but the confusion among anatomists started by Soemmerring's essay on the " Yellow Spot " (Soemumerring, 1799) still shows no sign of clearing. An attempt was made some years ago to clarify the position in a short preliminary paper (Fison, 1920). Nevertheless, many writers of text-books are s...

Speech acts shape the core of pragmatic competence and their mastery is a prerequisite for successful dis- course encounters in an L2. Cross-cultural comparisons, as claimed by Johnstone (2018), are very effec- tive for knowing and acquiring the speech acts. Accordingly, the purpose of this study was to compare a limited number of communicative routines in English and Persian within the f...