A series of (5-nitrofuran-2-yl)-1, 3, 4-thiadiazole-2-yl derivatives 6a–6e have been synthesized and screened for in vitro anti-leishmanial activity against the promastigote form of L. major. The structure of Schiff bases were confirmed by 1H NMR, IR. Screening results indicate that all of the designed and synthesized final compounds (6a-6e) significantly reduced the viability of promastigotes ...

through uncovering the underlying elements of language, this research aims to reveal the hidden layers of meaning in press texts in the framework of a critical discourse analysis. having used socio-semantic features of van leeuwen's model (1996), this paper has studied, qualitatively, 40 issues of four iranian persian publications for a period of two months, from july 22 to september 21, 2011. ...

among factors that might manipulate translators’ mind while producing a text is the notion of ideology transmission through text or talk. adopting critical discourse analysis (cda) with particular emphasis on the framework of van dijk (1999), the present investigation is an attempt to shed light on the relationship between language and ideology involved in translation in general, and more speci...

by relying mainly on the accessibility approach to anaphora, this article intends to analyze the types, distributions and retrieval of anaphors in two forms of spoken discourse: casual and controlled talk. for the specific purposes of the study, twenty sophomore iranian students were randomly selected to conduct the talks. the subjects were divided into two groups of casual and controlled talk....

as a culture-based phenomenon which involves both linguistic and social aspects, translation has been investigated from various perspectives. the present critical discourse analysis (cda)-based study is an attempt to probe into the manipulation of ideologies in translations of political texts. a cda approach, based on fairclough (1989), van dijk (2004) and farahzad (2007), was adopted to conduc...

This study evaluated 2 ELT textbooks (Four Corners, Book 2 and Four CornersBook 3) drawing on Bloom’s revised taxonomy (BRT); it examined the extent towhich these ELT textbooks could demonstrate the 6 cognitive categories of the BRT(i.e., remembering, understanding, applying, analyzing, evaluating, and creating) intheir activities. To this end, content analysis was done to obtain the frequency ...

This research was aimed to know about moral values in the textbook. Textbooks were analyzed by using critical discourse analysis (CDA) data obtained through analyzing whole texts. study attempts examined which appeared English textbook "When Rings a Bell" for seventh of Junior high school or equivalent based on curriculum and presidential decree teach character education students, included 18 d...

From a critical perspective, children's literature is considered public discourse. It collection of ideas championed in the sphere about something happening or being discussed that forms particular point view. Children's often becomes tool ideological struggle. The authors, primarily adults, consciously unconsciously, tend to impose certain ideologies on young readers. So, constantly exposed sp...

A corpus linguistic analysis investigated register classification using frequency of bigrams in nine spoken and two written corpora. Four dimensions emerged from a factor analysis using bigram frequencies shared across corpora: (1) Scripted vs. Unscripted Discourse, (2) Deliberate vs. Unplanned Discourse, (3) Spatial vs. Non-Spatial Discourse, and (4) Directional vs. Non-Directional Discourse. ...

The aim of this article is to show the influence academic and professional marketing English on Polish discourse. In view Poland’s transformative role in communist Europe, paper can be regarded as a pilot study for discussion phenomenon addressed context experience other post-socialist nations. analysis adaptation borrowings was based numerous documents, participant observations interviews. Cri...