In Rinderpest and Peste des Petits Ruminants: Virus Plagues of Large and Small Ruminants, Tom Barrett (now deseased), of the Institute for Animal Health, Pirbright Laboratory, Surrey, UK, and his co-editors have subtly presented the main developments in the quest to conquer these diseases. The instructive text, which touches on the key dynamics of both deadly diseases, incorporates considerable...

Abstract: Avoiding the current terminology debates in the literature on politeness research  and following  a  variational  pragmatics  approach,  this  study  attempted  to  illuminate  how appropriacy/  inappropriacy  is  realized  in  Persian  language  in  light  of  five  speech  acts  of introduction,  apology,  refusal,  congratulation,  and  condolence.  Additionally,  it  was  aimed  t...

This paper explores Japanese patterns of school bullying and Ijime (insidious acts of social manipulation and group bullying of weaker peers) in the context of cross-national comparison. Following a brief overview of Japan’s public debate on Ijime, we discuss the nature of Japanese classrooms, review efforts to define school bullying from both an international and an indigenous perspective, ass...