The contemporary age has witnessed many challenges regarding the common qualities of the best teacher. Thus, the present paper is qualitative, explorative, and experimental in nature; it is limited to the domain of teachers only. Langacker’s model of Domain Analysis (1987) and Endicott and Lee’s presentation of survival dimensions have been adopted and adapted to meet the first objective. Secondly, an open-ended questionnaire has been submitted to (200) participants to examine their knowledge of these qualities. The study concluded that all qualities can be grouped into three matrix domains: CONTENT, DESIGN, and DELIVERY, which are the same dimensions of presentation survival. Under the CONTENT domain come the foll

The present paper aims to examine the use of the persuasive rules in texts and images to determine the role of these visual modes in recalling or adding what they mention. Such a study helps set clearly which visual mode is much more convincing, the image or the text. Scholars generally agreed that the visual mode is more persuasive. However, such a statement is general as it does not state exactly which type of visual mode is more convincing. Accordingly, the research questions highlighted here are: What are the persuasive strategies invested in any of these two visual modes, texts and images? And, what is the role these visual modes play to enhance the sense of persuasion? To achieve the objectives, the researchers will adopt the

The present paper is a qualitative descriptive study. It aims to examine the macro-cultural schemata addressing the concept of violence against women in Iraq from a cognitive linguistic point of view. To meet this objective, a number of Iraqi social caricatures have been selected from two popular and active Iraqi caricaturists, Odeh Al-Fahdawi and Nasser Ibrahim. The selection and the analysis of data have been achieved following the validity and reliability procedures and the ethical considerations. To meet this objective, Sharifian’s Model (2011) of Cultural Schemata has been adopted in data analysis. The study has concluded that the macro-cultural schemata regarding the concept of violence in the selected panels reveals that vi

The current study qualitatively addresses concept as the main theoretical problem in cognitive linguistics on the one hand, and the abstract nature of things on the other. In this regard, scholars maintained that the issue with concept is still controversial and to deal with abstract nouns is also difficult, let alone when dealing with the concept of abstract noun. Of course the problem will be doubled as the nature of both concepts and abstract nouns is invisible, perspectivised, and changeable. Accordingly, the objective of the present work is to examine  the semantic range of the abstract word BLACKMAILING from the perspectives of a number of talented participants in drawing. That is, the researchers are to address the following

The present work is qualitative descriptive. It aims to examine the idiosyncratic schema when deciphering the selected violence-based panel from Nasser Ibrahim’s caricatures. The researchers accordingly adopted part of Sharifian’s (2011) Cultural Schema model, particularly that part that is concerned with the examining the micro/idiosyncratic level of understanding. The study has revealed that the participants have not only differed among themselves regarding the way a figure is being denotatively conceptualized, they also highlighted different exact conceptualizations for the same figure, such as: using various adjectives that reflect various levels of intensity, emphasizing the behavioral aspect or the appearance of the figure

الدراسة الحالية عبارة عن دراسة صغيرة الحجم تتضمن تطبيق نموذج الصف المعكوس او المقلوب في تدريس مادة المحادثة. تم تطبيق هذا النموذج على طلاب المستوى الأول الجامعي في قسم اللغة الإنجليزية/ كلية التربية للبنات/ جامعة بغداد في العراق باستخدام صف كوكل وصفحة الـفيسبوك المغلقة والتي تتضمن فقط الأستاذة وطالباتها. أظهرت النتائج أن هذا النموذج يساعد أساتذة الجامعات على تحضير المحاضرات والواجبات والإعلان عن جهوزي

The study aims to investigate qualitatively and quantitatively the intonational patterns of power abuse and manipulation in Blair’s speech regarding legitimating the war on Iraq. It focuses on examining the representative tonal contours in Blair’s speech, particularly the persuasive strategies of inequality and dissimulation. The major findings have shown that the signs of power are more than the signs of manipulation in Blair’s speech. This is because Blair took the role of an omnipotent character when asserting his truth claims, and attributed that to having a reputed status as a prime minister when accessing information. The most common contours used by Blair’s speech are (H* L-L%) and (L+H* L-L%). The simple high tone (H*) refle

The present work is qualitative in nature. It aims to investigate the use of visual attention/persuasive strategies in both Iraqi Arabic and American English Facebook advertisements. To achieve the objective of the study, the researchers have selected (4) representative advertisements; (2) from Iraqi Arabic and (2) from American English. The data has been analyzed using Frame semantics theory by Fillmore (1995). Results have shown that textually, both languages invest almost an equal amount of persuasive techniques. However, Iraqi Arabic advertisements involve using swearing expressions and repetition, which is part of their culture. Pictorially speaking, in both languages, the role of images is important and supportive, but not alternative

Marwa Ziyad Tariq1 & Rana H. Al-Bahrani2 College of Political Science-University of Al-Nahrain1 & College of Education for Women-University of Baghdad2 – A Cognitive Linguistic Study of Political Caricatures Based on Students’ Construes

The present research aims at: First, to examine the reasons behind using silence/pause-based unintentional incongruities in selected instances from the British Sitcom Mind Your Language; second, to explore specifically the types of silence/pause-based unintentional incongruities and the different facial gestures that accompany each of these types. To meet these two objectives, the analysis will be theoretically and conceptually-based, respectively. Conclusions, as far as the first objective is concerned, have shown that silence can be used to reflect: the sense of being inattentive; lack of understanding; being unfamiliar with what one hears; the time needed for thinking and associating, and the act of hiding one's nervousness, etc.

The present paper aims at investigating the flexibility of Attardo's model, Set-up, Incongruity, Resolution (hence SIR) in the analysis of a selection of unintentional humorous instances taken from the British sitcom 'Mind Your Language'. Accordingly, this model has been used in the analysis of three randomly selected discourses from a number of representative cases, where the total number of instances in these three selected discourses reached (11). Results have revealed that the set-up phase can be the same to a series of incongruities and resolutions that occur within the same discourse. Moreover, what is incongruous to one might not be so to another. Further, the resolution is not the end of the problem; it might lead to another

Creative cognitive is a new research field that examines the cognitive process involved in constructing novel representations. It is further concerned with studying the role of such process in generating new ideas, concepts and representations (Finke et al., 1992; Smith et al., 1995; Ward et al., 1997; cited in Vega-Moreno, Rosa E., 2007, 6).  Hilligoss and Howard (2002, 3-5) state that one involves knowing how to read and what to read as readers as usually selective. On the other hand, Cohn et. al (2012) maintain that visual images represent a universal means of communication, reflecting as a result the cultural symbolisms that might be interpreted. They further state that visual language is the quickest and succinct means of comm

The obvious tension and similarity between the concepts of threat and warninghas made it difficult to distinguish between them and has remained a challenge forstudents, researchers and translators. Surveying the literature review of these twoconcepts, the researcher has found that little attention has been paid to the differencebetween these two acts in general and to postgraduate students’ ability to distinguishbetween them in particular. Accordingly, the current thesis is dedicated to investigatethe ability of Iraqi M.A. students to differentiate between the two acts pragmatically inGeorge Orwell’s novel “1984”. To achieve the objective of the study and answer itsresearch question, the researcher adopts Searle’s version of Speec

Approximately 130 cuneiform texts from this archive have been discovered through clandestine excavations. Seven tablets from Sh. Moussaieff were published in by F. Joannes and A. Lemaire, 1 forty- one texts from Iraqi Museum were studied in PhD dissertation in Baghdad by Aminah Fadhil Al-Bayati, 2 fifty-four texts from Martin Schøyen Collection were published by C. Wunsch,3 a few texts were separate published, two from David Sofer Collection by L. E. Pearce, & C. Wunsch, 4 one text studied by C. Wunsch and Z. Niederreiter, from the Royal Museums of Art and History, Brussels. 5 A group of texts belongs to this archive from Iraqi Museum is being studied for a PhD dissertation at the University of Baghdad, College of Arts, Department of Archa

The present article publishes a remarkable school text housed in the Iraq Museum, likely originating from Sargonic Adab. The text, conical in shape, contains a list of fields, each measuring 1 iku, associated with a compilation of ad hoc personal names and unexpected terms. This study discusses the text’s content, origin, date, paleography, and its unusual names or expressions. The unique text edited here is kept in the Iraq Museum under the registration number IM 221570.1 It be- longs to a large collection of confiscated documents, most of which originate from the Umma and Adab regions. The document, shaped like a cone or a barrel, measures 8 cm in diameter at its base and 17.5 cm in height, consists of fourteen columns and has suffered

The hill of Tell al-Faḫḫar is located about 45 km to the southwest of the city of Kirkuk, and about 35 km southwest of the Nuzi site. 1 It was excavated in 1967. The site was first identified with the ancient city of Kurruḫanni, mentioned in the Nuzi texts as well as in documents found at Tell al-Faḫḫar, 2 but this identification has been questioned

The archives unearthed at Tell al-Faḫḫar1 include several different types of texts, including epistolary, administrative, and legal documents. Among the hundreds of tablets retrieved from the site, some adoption texts have been found.

The book presents a study of an archive comprising 290 cuneiform texts, all of which pertain to a significant yet relatively underexplored subject, commonly referred to as the “Treasure and Shoes Archive,” whose provenance has been attributed to the site of Drehem. The book also examines the scholarly debate surrounding Isakkidana-Nefar and Buzursh-Dagan. Furthermore, it explores the economic activities of the princes and princesses of the royal family during the Third Dynasty of Ur, shedding light on their economic roles and activities within the broader administrative and socioeconomic framework of the period.

Internet communication is one of the most important applications of the 21st century. College students are among those who make use of this activity for both academic and personal interest. Students usually vary in their use, appreciation and response to this widely used activity. Accordingly, the present research paper aims at answering the following questions: to what extent college students use the instant-messaging system in initiating and developing personal and social communication? and to what extent the revealed identities are real or fake? If real, how many aspects of identity are real or fake? What is the purpose behind using fake identities? Are there any similarities and differences between gender-based identities? To what exten

O’Malley and Chamot (1990) define learning strategies as “the special thoughts or behaviors that individuals use to help them comprehend, learn or retain new information” (p. 1). In recent decades, many Iranian scholars have concentrated on learning strategies as an effective way for acquiring knowledge. This paper aims to have a profound, comparative look at the start, development and the current position of EFL learning strategy field of study in Iran. Key words: Learning strategies; EFL; Iranian EFL

In the recent decades, many scholars have concentrated on learning strategies as an effective way to acquiring knowledge. Focus, in a considerable number of the studies in this field, has been on second/foreign language learning strategies. This paper aims to have a profound, comparative look at the start, development and the current position of L2/FL learning strategy field of study. The article starts with introducing some leading researchers in the field and their main achievements and goes on with classifying the studies conducted in the area of language learning strategies into six categories. The six categories are elaborated through random exemplary studies. Finally, the study is concluded with summarizing the researchers’ accompli

As it is known, passive voice is defined differently from two different aspects: the syntactic and the stylistics aspect. As far as the syntactic aspect is concerned, Leech and Jan (1994:209) say that passive voice is a grammatical process which changes the positions of the elements in the sentence. As for the semantic aspect, Biber et.al (1999:154) state that passive voice involves much more than an order variation with SVA. It involves a structural organization of the clause and it can be described as a systematic means of choosing a participant other than the agent as the starting point of the message without departing from the normal subject initial word order. Thus, with accordance with these two different meanings, one can conclude th

The present study is qualitative cognitive linguistic study. It aims to examine the number and type of construal operations highlighted by Croft and Cruise (2004) by the participants when deciphering silent animated animation. To meet the objective of the study, two silent animated films have been selected from Strange Trend YouTube group to be the data of the study. The type of animations selected address social and human issues that might be encountered in any society at any time. The model used in the analysis is Croft and Cruise’ Adapted version of Construal Operations. The study has concluded that the majority of the participants unconsciously passed through these stages; however, the number of these stages were sometimes minimized t

Language has proven itself to be essential and applicable in different disciplines. It has started to be part and parcel of every linguistic and extra-linguistic activity; tourism is a case in point. As for tourism, the researchers of the present research proposed that semiotic tourism that is based on linguistic and non-linguistic aspects plays a vital role in developing the field under study. Therefore, it is highly recommended to be considered since it represents the first step towards achieving tourism. The study concludes that there are two types of attractions: semiotic and encyclopedic; and that the semiotic attraction that is based on styles and pictures plays a vital role in enhancing tourism in particular and its budget in general

This paper is concerned with studying the concept of middle voice in English .For the researcher has reached through the course of reading that there are three types of voice in English, represented by: the active, passive, and the middle voice. And since the third type is not very well-known, it has been decided to study it by tacking the following points: its definition, characteristics, its source, meaning, how it differs from the passive voice, the verbs with which it occurs, and finally its uses.

المستخلص بينت الدراسة التحليل الكمي لشبكة الطرق في قضاء الراشدية وفق معيار (الكثافة) لمتغيرات السكان و المساحة , والمساحة المزروعة فعلاً , التي أنتهت بوجود تباين تبعاً لأعداد السكان , و مساحة كل مقاطعة وأطوال الطرق فيها , ومساحة مزروعة فعلاً غير متناسبة مع أطوال الطرق لكون المساحة المزروعة فعلاً أقل من (100) دونم , هذا وقد أستخدم مقياس (متوسط السكان المخدومين بالطرق) و(متوسط المساحة المخدومة بالطرق) إذ جاءت

تناولت الدراسة حوض وادي عبدو الجاف الواقعة في بادية الهضبة الغربية ضمن محافظة الانبار الذي يتسم بجريان مائي موسمي يتزامن مع سقوط الامطار التي تسقط بشكل غزير وخلال مدة قصيرة، ولعدم توفر محطات لقياس الامطار اعتمد في تقدير الجريان السطحي الناتج من عاصفة مطرية مؤثرة في منطقة الدراسة على طريقة صيانة التربة الامريكية (SCS-CN) اذ تبين ان المنطقة تكونت من صنفين من الترب الهيدرولوجية وبتنوع الغطاء الارضي واظهرت ان قيمة

أظهر البحث ان هذا الطريق له دور حيوي ومهم في حركة السكان سواء من سكنة هذه المناطق التي يمر بها او حركة المرور النافذ للسائقين الذين يسلكون هذا الطريق كبديل للطريق الرئيس (رقم 8 طريق بغداد - حلة) لاسيما زوار العتبات المقدسة في كربلاء والنجف لارتباط هذا الطريق بالطريق الدولي السريع رقم واحد والذي يربط محافظة كربلاء والنجف وباقي المحافظات الاخرى الجنوبية، ذلك بين البحث دور الطريق في تغيير استعمالات الارض بمح

تتناول هذه الدراسة تحليل كفاءة منظومة النقل الأرضي للكهرباء في بلديتي الأعظمية والمنصور بمدينة بغداد، في ظل التحديات البيئية والسكانية المتزايدة. وقد تم الاعتماد على بيانات مناخية مثل درجات الحرارة والرطوبة والأمطار، بالإضافة إلى بيانات سكانية واقتصادية، لتحديد أثرها على كفاءة الشبكة. أظهرت النتائج أن ارتفاع درجات الحرارة والرطوبة يؤدي إلى انخفاض في أداء الموصلات والعوازل، بينما تسهم الكثافة السكان