Despite the abundance of research investigating general and academic vocabularies and developing dozens of word lists, few studies have compared academic vocabulary with general service word lists such as conversation vocabulary. Many EAP researchers assume that university students need to know all the words in West’s (1953) General Service List (GSL) as a prerequisite to academic words (e.g., ...

assessment is considered as one of the fundamental elements in the field of foreign language acquisition. in order for communication take place, adequate number of vocabulary is needed to be known by the learners. the salient role of vocabulary in the field of foreign language acquisition resulted in the publication of several hundreds of papers and dozens of books. due to the dominant role of ...

This study proposes a non-parametric efficiency frontier analysis method based on artificial neural network (ANN) and genetic algorithm clustering ensemble (GACE) for measuring efficiency as a complementary tool for the common techniques of the efficiency studies in the previous studies. The proposed ANN GA algorithm is able to find a stochastic frontier based on a set of input–output observati...

The N-word is the ultimate insult that has tormented generations of African-Americans. Yet over time, N-word derivatives have become popular terms of endearment by the descendants of the very people who once had to endure the N-word. Therein lies the root of an ongoing argument in society today: Who has the ‘right’ to use the N-word and N-word derivatives?  A quota sample (N=347) of undergradua...

mulla sadra treated logos (kalam) as something that expresses the inside of the speaker, and explained that divine logos includes god’s creatures and god's action, therefore applying the word and logos to the universe is true, and according to the definition, god is speaker. mulla sadra explains the divine logos and command in three steps: superior logos i.e. the world of amr, middle logos...

nowadays, paying attention to the environmental needs and desires of consumersand trying to satisfy them by designing marketing activities in an environmentallyfriendly way, is the best way to increase their satisfaction and finally, gaincompetitive advantage. prior research has paid much attention to the consumerbehavior and marketing activities of corporate organizations, but none has studied...

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muslim scholars differ widely on the meaning of the pure word ‘lā illāha illa allāh’ (there is no god expect for god) and its indication to monotheism. a number of possibilities have been raised pertaining to this exalted verse and if some of them are accepted as true, the word tawhīd will not signify complete unity and monotheism. after thoroughly examining the meanings claimed for the words e...