1- introduction the literature review of persian suffixes show that “-i, -in, -ineh, -gan, -ganeh, -aneh, and -iyeh/yeh” are attributive suffixes. linguistic evidences show that once these suffixes are added to a word, in addition to the central senses of “related to” and “attributed to”, they add peripheral sense such as possession, similarity, possibility, obligation, origin, direction, goal,...

Language is uniquely human, but its acquisition may involve cognitive capacities shared with other species. During development, language experience alters speech sound (phoneme) categorization. Newborn infants distinguish the phonemes in all languages but by 10 months show adult-like greater sensitivity to native language phonemic contrasts than non-native contrasts. Distributional theories acc...

in the process of revelation, divine message is transmitted from the sublime lord and by the prophet to the people. this heavenly message can be considered from several aspects, including that of invitation as a separate category. the present article deals with the linguistic dimension of invitation in the qur’an, specifically in the context of meccan suras. hence, the structure of invitation l...

Social essentialism entails the belief that certain social categories (e.g., gender, race) mark fundamentally distinct kinds of people. Essentialist beliefs have pernicious consequences, supporting social stereotyping and contributing to prejudice. How does social essentialism develop? In the studies reported here, we tested the hypothesis that generic language facilitates the cultural transmis...

We give an algebraic characterization of the syntax and semantics of a class of simply–typed languages, such as the language PCF: we characterize simply–typed binding syntax equipped with reduction rules via a universal property, namely as the initial object of some category. For this purpose, we employ techniques developed in two previous works: in [2], we model syntactic translations between ...

We give an algebraic characterization of the syntax and semantics of a class of simply–typed languages, such as the language PCF: we characterize simply–typed binding syntax equipped with reduction rules via a universal property, namely as the initial object of some category. For this purpose, we employ techniques developed in two previous works: in [2], we model syntactic translations between ...

A new series of studies on adults' and infants' perception of phonetic "prototypes," exceptionally good instances of phonetic categories, show that prototypes play a unique role in speech perception. Phonetic category prototypes function like "perceptual magnets" for other stimuli in the category. They attract nearby members of the category, rendering nem more perceptually similar to the catego...

language is the product of cultural interaction and producing various languages different cultures manifest the world in many forms.language and culture are connected with each other to such an extent that study of language apart from society is nothing but absurdity. the studies connected with relationship between language and culture by malinofski's research in the beginning of twentieth...

Perception of American Sign Language (ASL) handshape and place of articulation parameters was investigated in three groups of signers: deaf native signers, deaf non-native signers who acquired ASL between the ages of 10 and 18, and hearing non-native signers who acquired ASL as a second language between the ages of 10 and 26. Participants were asked to identify and discriminate dynamic syntheti...