Number of Articles: 8
Referential, Quasi, and Expletive Subjects in L2 English of Persian Speakers
Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 1-25
Abstract
The present study sought to investigate the acquisition of referential, quasi and expletive subject pronouns, three different types of obligatory subjects in English, by adult Persian ... Read More
The Relative Effectiveness of Input and Output-oriented Tasks with Different Involvement Loads on the Receptive and Productive Vocabulary Knowledge of Iranian EFL Learners
Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 27-52
Abstract
Framed in a cognitive approach to task-supported L2 vocabulary learning, the present study used a pedagogical approach to investigate the relative effectiveness of tasks with different ... Read More
Acquisition of English Unergative and Unaccusative Structures by Persian EFL Learners
Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 53-85
Abstract
The acquisition of argument structures has been studied by a variety of second language acquisition scholars within the past two decades (Atay, 2010; Can, 2009; Chay, 2006, & Kras, ... Read More
The Effect of Dynamic Assessment on EFL Learners' Acquisition of Request and Apology
Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 87-118
Abstract
Originating from Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Theory, dynamic assessment (DA) proposes a novel approach to second language acquisition (SLA) research according to which a dialectical ... Read More
The Ordering Process of Narrative in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 119-133
Abstract
Regarding the literary historical debates, one of the main concerns of modern historiography is the way of representing the concept of reality within the framework of a coherent narrative, ... Read More
Affiliation and Filiation: The Nation-Family in Scott’s Ivanhoe and Anne of Geierstein
Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 135-153
Abstract
This article studies Sir Walter Scott’s use of the family-as-nation trope in Ivanhoe and Anne of Geierstein. The importance of this trope in his figuration of nationhood is discerned ... Read More
The Absence of ‘Paucity’ & ‘Momentariness’: Two New Components of Magical Realism in Günter Grass's The Tin Drum
Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 155-169
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This article presents the question whether it is correct to classify Günter Grass’s The Tin Drum as a work of magical realism. A brief scrutiny of the elements of magical ... Read More
Islam and Modernity: A Study of John Updike's Terrorist (2006)
Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, Pages 171-186