Euphemism is a communicative strategy used to frame a polite or less offensive language and to save people's public face in communication. This study investigated the euphemistic strategies used by Persian speakers in ...

The purpose of the present study was to compare the PhD dissertations written by native and nonnative English writers in the field of Applied Linguistics with regard to the use of self-mentions. To this end, 40 Applied ...

Health Humanities written by Paul Crawford, Brian Brown, Charley Baker, Victoria Tischler, and Brian Adams was first published in 2015 by Palgrave Macmillan, UK. The book is a result of many years of experience of work in ...

Style and strategies in EFL learning contexts and the effects of task types were explored to enhance language learning strategies. Using a quantitative pre-test, post-test design and interviews, this study investigated the ...

My article addresses the qualities of “good" literature and how an understanding of the nature of literary devices, so-called “literariness", can enhance the reading experience. Focusing on Hans Rosling's Factfulness (2018), ...

EDITORIAL Dear JALDA reader, Our journal experiences transformations. In its title “Discourse Analysis" gives way to “Applied Literature."  The reason is that our Department offers undergraduate and graduate courses in ...

This article is a comparative study of similar experiences in the American short story collection, Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War edited by Roy Scranton and Matt Ghalagher and the Persian short story ...