In this dialogue between the assimilation model and the Identity Positions Interview (IPI), the two theories make suggestions for how the other might be improved and how the two might become more compatible. The assimilation model points out that the IPI might gain a more differentiated view by incorporating a developmental sequence into its structure. The IPI responds by pointing out how the a...

Prompted by the work of Hermans, we attempt to construct the dialogical self informed by Eastern traditions. To describe dialogical phenomenology we turn to three resources: (a) ~"\ Chinese intellectual traditions, (b) dreams and (c) daily life. J Dialogical attributes are described: the dialogical self is capable of -^ polyvocality but also of achieving unity with diversity; metacognition is v...

background : forensic odontology is that branch of dentistry which plays a vital role with regard to anthropological studies and human identification. in the cases of mass disasters or cases where only the skeletal remains are found, bones and teeth will be the only source of information for the identification of the dead.  any aberrations or any variations from the normality become a distincti...

this paper presents an attempt to analyze the verb phrase ellipsis in persian in terms of the questions of identity and licensing. assuming a minimalist framework for the analysis, it is argued that verb phrase ellipsis in persian is structurally licensed by a governing head which takes vp as its complement, through an algorithm of e(llipsis)-feature deletion at pf. it is also shown that struct...

Story formed identity seems to be an increasingly prominent way for conceptualizing the self. For the most part discussions about story formed identity appear to have existed as somewhat isolated voices within the respective disciplines of psychology and Christian theology. This essay is a product of bringing the two voices explicitly into dialogue with each other. The discussion in this paper ...