The medical writings of early medieval western Europe c. 700 – c. 1000 have often been derided for their disorganised appearance, poor Latin, nebulous conceptual framework, admixtures of magic and folklore, and general lack of those positive features that historians attribute to ancient or later medieval medicine. This paper attempts to rescue the period from its negative image. It examines a n...

Dear Editor, Many years ago unprofessional supervisors were identified as one of the main reasons for the withdrawal of a student’s study. Recently in some universities, unethical supervision has become an increasing concern of students and ethic committees. The last few years has witnessed an increase in the withdrawal rate of students who quit their study because of the poor guidance of their...

This paper describes an experiment whose goal was to introduce MT via postediting to a third-year university class in French-to-English translation. Even though most of the students in our French programs do not go on to become professional translators, it seemed a worthy objective to give them at least a taste of the challenges and opportunites which MT offers today, given how widespread it ha...

This study examined academic articles and journalistic reports in 5 disciplinary areas to explore how similar contents might attitudinally be realized in two different genres. To this end, 25 research articles and 210 news reports were carefully selected and underwent detailed discourse semantic and grammatical analyses with the purpose of identifying the evaluative linguistic patterns....

Mass media plays an important role in shaping public opinion and influencing people's behavior the modern world. It is, therefore, crucial for students to develop necessary communication skills effectively interact with their audience through various platforms. Teaching course “Mass language” is essential cultivating these skills. The aim of article examine peculiarities teaching this course, i...

Arnau de Vilanova, one of the most important physicians of the Latin Middle Ages, was familiar with the vast majority of Aristotle's works that had been translated into Latin. He used a wide range of them, such as the Organon--the introductory books on logic - and the natural philosophical books, which cover a different branches of knowledge. He used Aristotle as an authority, trying to reconci...