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Grammaticality in Syntactic Theories

Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2015

1. Introduction:Language is a string of words created in conformance with a set of rules known as... more 1. Introduction:Language is a string of words created in conformance with a set of rules known as grammar which evaluates the utterances produced by native speakers of a language in terms of grammatical conditions (Culicover, 2014). Grammaticality as the heart of syntax has been of pivotal importance in the architecture of gra mmar and in essence, the ultimate goal of any syntactic theories.This notion however, has been addressed under diverse terms e.g. well formedness, principle of full interpretation, convergence, legibility conditions and non-violable conditions throughout the history of syntax. This paper makes an attempt to trace the evolution of grammaticality and its realization in syntactic theories and is arranged as follows: section 2 begins by a brief background on grammaticality and grammar; then, grammaticality in traditional/structural linguistics is dealt with in 2.1; section 2.2 outlines the notion of grammaticality in generative grammar; in sections 2.3 and 2.4 gra...

A Comparative Analysis of the Macro-Structure Features of Research Article Introductions in the Fields of Sociology and Linguistics

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A Critical-pedagogy based Evaluation of Top-Notch Series from the Perspectives of the Teachers

The Iranian EFL Journal

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Task-Based Reading Assessment vs. Traditional Reading Test

The present study set out to investigate whether EFL learners who take the task-based reading ass... more The present study set out to investigate whether EFL learners who take the task-based reading assessment perform better than those EFL learners who take the traditional reading test. To achieve the aforementioned purpose, a total of 30 participants were chosen and randomly divided into two groups. In the control group, they completed a traditional test, whereas in the experimental group, they performed a task-based assessment test, i.e. the FCE reading paper (2008). The results of the study indicated that there was a statistically significant difference between the performances of the two groups. In other words, the students in the experimental group outperformed those in the control group, which might be justified in terms of authenticity and motivation created via employment of tasks. Concerning pedagogical implications, the study has gone some way towards increasing the knowledge of teachers in pedagogical settings. More attention should be paid to task-based assessment, specifically with regard to reading comprehension.

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Disciplinary Acculturation: A Comparative Study of Intradiscourse Cycles of English and Persian Introductory Textbooks of Sociology and Linguistics

The present study aimed at investigating the specific discourse cycles of someintroductory textbo... more The present study aimed at investigating the specific discourse cycles of someintroductory textbooks across disciplines and languages to see to what extent theyacculturate students into the new subjects. To this end, 2 well-established and mostlyused English and Persian introductory textbooks in sociology and 2 other wellestablishedEnglish and Persian introductory textbooks in linguistics were examined.The study was conducted with reference to Love’s (as cited in Hewings, 2006)suggested framework for the analysis of introductory textbooks. The texts wereanalyzed in terms of the intradiscourse cycles. Then, the introductory textbooksfrom the 2 disciplines were compared and contrasted in order to determine theirsimilarities and differences in acculturating students into the discipline. Resultsshowed that though in the English introductory textbooks, the cycles either startedwith theory, data, or culminated in cutting-edge, real time problematization, in thePersian texts, the cycles le...

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Peeling the Onion: A Textual CDA of Research Articles in Humanities and Basic Sciences

This study aimed to investigate the disciplinary and cross-disciplinary variations of research ar... more This study aimed to investigate the disciplinary and cross-disciplinary variations of research article Introduction sections in 2 disciplines (i.e., humanities and basic sciences). Ninety research article Introduction sections (i.e., 15 from each discipline of applied linguistics, sociology, psychology, biology, agriculture, and geology) were examined. The study was conducted with reference to the onion model of discourse analysis developed by Humphrey and Economou (2015), and the data were coded by MAXQDA10. Results pointed to a general underlying pattern that moved from descriptive and taxonomic reports to more challenging genres like persuasion and critique, regardless of the disciplines. Findings, however, indicated that individual disciplines manifested their own systematic regularities in terms of rhetorical conventions of writing. Besides, the process of knowledge-making was reflected and reinforced through lexicogrammatical and appraisal resources. The study has implications...

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The Pragmatic Role Of Meta-Discourse Markers In The Attainment Of Persuasion: A Study Of An Iranian Newspaper Advertisement Headlines

JOURNAL OF ADVANCES IN LINGUISTICS

The present study aimed at investigating the persuasive role of metadiscourse markers in an Irani... more The present study aimed at investigating the persuasive role of metadiscourse markers in an Iranian newspaper advertisement headlines; say, Hamshari. To achieve the afore-mentioned purpose, the study adopted Fuertes-Olivera, et. al. (2001)s framework of pragmatic elements of advertising which is, in turn, adapted based on Jakobsonian communication model of the advertising discourse, and Fuertes-Olivera et al. (2001)s framework suggesting different functions of metadiscourse in advertising English. The selected examples showed that while textual metadiscourse helps addressees to interpret headlines within the constraints of genre and epistemology, interpersonal metadiscourse provides a kind of balance between informing and persuading the addressees. Moreover, the findings indicated a variety of metadiscourse strategies used by the advertisers in order to persuade prospective customers, including person markers, hedges, emphatics, endophoric markers and evidents. Regarding pedagogical...

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Ideational Grammatical Metaphor in Pharmaceutical Research Articles

The present study was an attempt to examine the frequency, process type, and function of IGM in t... more The present study was an attempt to examine the frequency, process type, and function of IGM in the discussion sections of pharmaceutical research articles. To fulfill this aim, 6 pharmaceutical research articles were selected from the on-line archives of some well-known pharmaceutical research journals including 'Indo

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A Textual Discourse Analysis of Introductions in Textbooks of Humanities and Basic Sciences

Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics

This study attempted to scrutinize the disciplinary and cross-disciplinary generic variations of ... more This study attempted to scrutinize the disciplinary and cross-disciplinary generic variations of textbook introductions in humanities and basic sciences with reference to the onion model. The data included a sample of 60 introductions (i.e. ten each from applied linguistics, sociology, and psychology within humanities, and ten each from biology, agriculture, and geology within basic sciences). Humphrey and Economou’s (2015) onion model of discourse analysis was adopted, and MAXQDA 10 software of qualitative analysis was used for coding. The findings revealed similarities and differences not only within but also between the two disciplines, which can be attributed to the nature of disciplines as well as the generically accepted conventions in each discipline. Moreover, the results of the study highlighted the predominance of descriptive and analytical phases in textbook introductions not only in isolation but also in establishing more complicated genres like persuasion and critique. ...

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Grammaticality in Syntactic Theories

Modern Journal of Language Teaching Methods, 2015