To produce an adequate translation, language students are required to learn varieties of language features including syntax, semantics and pragmatics. Considering the curriculum language learners are face with, one can claim that almost all language students in Iran are taught these features in their academic settings including linguistic courses. Yet, there are some aspects of language which a...

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture, the peer-reviewed, full-text, and open-access learned journal in the humanities and social sciences, publishes new scholarship following tenets of the discipline of comparative literature and the field of cultural studies designated as "comparative cultural studies." Publications in the journal are indexed in the Annual Bibliography of English Languag...

BACKGROUND During recent years the market for homeopathic education media has increasingly diversified with old (books, seminars) and new media (video-seminars, pc-programs, homeo-wiki and internet-courses). However, little is known about homeopaths' preferences in using educational media and their requirements of this topic. AIM This survey was designed to gain a better understanding of the ...

media (including books, newspapers & journals/magazines) is one of the most important elements in construction & institutionalization of modern identity. this paper will survey the role and importance of newspapers/journals in the national identity construct. for explaining the relations between these two variables, the following issues will be considered: • the construction of modern national ...

This study aims at exploring and promoting the availability of AR books to augment real and physical books with virtual content for education. Above all, previously developed cases as well as literature review relating to AR books provide an introduction to what an AR book is and its educational effects and technical characteristics. To achieve this goal, we analyzed 13 research cases of develo...

UNLABELLED Nurses' role and image as portrayed in young children's literature were described and analyzed. DESIGN AND METHODS A total of 30 children's books (pre-kindergarten through grade two audience) written in English were chosen using progressive theoretical sampling. Included were books, both fiction and non-fiction and with varying years of publication, that mentioned nurses and/or wer...

Description: A revolutionary approach to the ongoing transformation of knowledge media as an evolutionary process In this age of information, knowledge is the currency that drives society. But what is knowledge, and how do you manage it? In this revolutionary book, Yuzuru Tanaka proposes a powerful new paradigm: that knowledge media, or "memes," operate in a way that closely resembles the biolo...