Syntactic Structures and Rhetorical Functions of Electrical Engineering, Psychiatry, and Linguistics Research Article Titles in English and Persian: A Cross-linguistic and Cross-disciplinary Study
Syntactic Structures and Rhetorical Functions of Electrical Engineering, Psychiatry, and Linguistics Research Article Titles in English and Persian: A Cross-linguistic and Cross-disciplinary Study

Vahid Shahidipour; Ahmad Alibabaee

Volume 36, Issue 1 , May 2017, , Pages 145-175

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2017.4066

Abstract
  A research article (RA) title is the first and foremost feature that attracts the reader's attention, the feature from which she/he may decide whether the whole article is worth reading. ...  Read More
Syntactic Structures in Research Article Titles from Three Different Disciplines: Applied Linguistics, Civil Engineering, and Dentistry
Syntactic Structures in Research Article Titles from Three Different Disciplines: Applied Linguistics, Civil Engineering, and Dentistry

Aasa Moattarian; Ahmad Alibabaee

Volume 34, Issue 1 , May 2015, , Pages 27-50

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2015.3530

Abstract
  Deducing what a paper is about, titles are considered as the most important determinant of how many people will read the article. Therefore, studying the use of different syntactic ...  Read More
A Probe into Adaptive Transfer across Writing Contexts: A Case of an EGAP Class
A Probe into Adaptive Transfer across Writing Contexts: A Case of an EGAP Class

Gholam Reza Zarei; Ahmad Alibabaee

Volume 33, Issue 1 , May 2014, , Pages 113-133

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2014.2024

Abstract
  In an effort to expand the disciplinary discussions on transfer in L2 writing and because most studies have focused on transfer as reuse and not as an adequate adaptation of writing ...  Read More
Referential, Quasi, and Expletive Subjects in L2 English of Persian Speakers
Referential, Quasi, and Expletive Subjects in L2 English of Persian Speakers

Ahmad Alibabaee; Manizhe Youhanaee; Mansoor Tavakoli

Volume 31, Issue 2 , July 2012, , Pages 1-25

https://doi.org/10.22099/jtls.2012.496

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