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Some muslim scholars and theologians believe in monotheistic creation, but others believe that Allah The Almighty has inspired monotheism to man after his creation. Aiming to investigate the collection of Mulla Sadra's works on monotheism (tawhid) and its correspondent beliefs, the Topic-based Discourse Analysis Model (See Mazinani, Alizadeh, and Azad, 1397) was applied. The results were categorised in three sections: claims, warrants/topos, and certainty in assertion. Sadra claims that the belief in the monotheism is Man's very nature and a necessity for his existence. He has made most of his claims by refering to Quranic verses and hadiths by their explicit quotation, implication and interpretation. In the maze of this important matter, this philosopher occasionally takes an implicit rational position by denoting the topos such as "benefit", "harm", "fundamental need", "necessity", "fulfillment of treaties", "trustworthiness" "Pressure", and "attribution", which these can also be infered from the quoted verses and hadiths. Of course, such kind of argumentation by Mulla Sadra makes it difficult for non-Muslims and rationalists to accept his claims and theory. In all the data considered, however, an influential decisive declarative tone prevails in the claims so that no words or signs of doubt or any item suggesting Mitigation Strategy were observed. In the same vein, the Intensification Sterategy application was nearly observed in 20% of the data, and the processes of negation and passivization with their specific function were seen in 10% of the data.

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The study of scientific articles, as the main genre of scientific productions and an important means of information exchange among the members of the scientific community, has received increasing attention during the past few decades. In scientific discourse study, textual structure and coherence require the writers to use various meta-discourse markers, including interactive and interactional meta-discourse markers, and their appropriate strategies. In the current research, the category of interactive meta-discourse marker based on Hyland's model is studied. We use a corpus-based approach to analyze Persian scientific research articles in the field of humanities and to find out the importance and role of interactive meta-discourse elements in Persian scientific papers.
For this purpose, we randomly select and analyze 800 abstracts of scientific research articles from 16 fields of humanities from the Comprehensive Portal of Humanities. Examining the data reveals the importance of the use of meta-discourse in the text in such a way that approximately one marker of interactive meta-discourse marker is found among every 15 words. Also, the analysis of the corpus indicates that frame markers are the most frequently used interactive meta-discourse marker in the corpus, and transition and code glosses are in the next rank with a little distance from frame markers. Endophoric and evidentials markers obtained the lowest frequency in the corpus. At the end, suggestions and corrections are provided to make Hyland’s concept more compatible with the discourse features of Persian scientific articles.

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Classroom interaction improves the learning process by enhancing opportunities for learning since both instructors and learners are involved in various speech acts. Speech act refers to a functional unit in the form of an act assisting individuals to perceive or promote things with words in interaction. Thus, the current study investigated classroom interaction in terms of types and functions of speech acts performed by Iranian English as a foreign language (EFL) teachers and learners. The data for the study came from audio-recording of twelve 90-minute sessions taught by six experienced Iranian teachers. To analyze the conversational data, Finocchiaro and Brumfit’s (1983) model was used to examine various types of speech acts and Walsh’s (2006) SETT was employed as a framework to explore the functions of speech acts. Following the data analysis, it was unfolded that directives were the most frequent speech acts, including suggestions, requests, warning, and giving instruction, accompanied by interpersonal and personal ones. As to the functions of speech acts, the most frequent mode was the materials mode (42%), followed by skills and systems mode (34%), classroom context mode (16%), and managerial mode (8%). The overall findings indicate the central role of the teacher in teacher-fronted classes in Iran as the most speech acts, i.e. about 79%, were performed by teachers in the form of requestive, suggestive, and advisory to control and promote the learning process. By carrying out the current study, it is hoped that readers gain more insight regarding the pragmatics territory, most notably speech acts.
 

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Nowadays, many people and companies enter the business world. So, rgarding the important and prominent role of internet and commercial advertisements in daily life, the relation between the business world and people should not be ignored. The purpose of this research is to examine the persuasive language in terms of type and number of persuasive steps in a number of Persian commercial internet textual advertisements based on the Cheung’s (2008, 2010) persuasive move schema model. This research is of descriptive-analytical kind. Therefore, To this end, a number of 120 Persian commercial internet textual advertisements collected through official Persian websites have been analyzed as research data based on the type and number of the persuasive steps. As to the type of persuasive steps, the results showed the most used type of persuasive step was steps of the persuasive move "offering suggestions" having been used with a frequency of 63.7%. On the other hand, the persuasive steps of "explicit stimulus actions" included the lowest frequency with a frequency of 0.1%. It was also shown the new persuasive step "motto" has been used with a frequency of 17%. Besides, the examination of the number of persuasive steps indicated the most used advertisements were "four-step" advertisements with a frequency of 26.7%. "Ten-step" advertisements were observed with a frequency of 0.9. Finally, the analysis of the type and number of persuasive steps revealed there was a significant difference not only between the type of steps examined but between their number as well.
 

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The aim of this study is to investigate the fundamentals of Wittgenstein's theory of language games and its role in overcoming false preconceptions and biases. This qualitative research utilized a conceptual analysis and inductive method to review the related literature. In the findings section, by examining the theoretical foundations of Wittgenstein's linguistic games, we first critique the shortcomings of early philosophy such as the absoluteness of affairs, a purely analytical approach and ostensive definition, and then, the characteristics of language such as sociality, variability and discussion of its use and instrumental role were mentioned. Also, while expressing the mission of Wittgenstein's philosophy, the position and cause of the centrality of language in his philosophy was revealed and finally, due to the new perspectives on the theory of language games, and based on it, as well as Wittgenstein's way of working in later philosophy, a set of strategies was proposed to overcome biases. Overcoming the sense of essentialism, perspicuous representation, self-imposed exile, experiencing different occupations and professions, emphasis on differences, and eventually designing appropriate questions are among these strategies. As a result, it can be acknowledged that many false beliefs and preconceptions are passed on through language to future generations, and therefore many issues have survived throughout history. Therefore, incorrect concepts and ideas should be identified in the language and their repetition should be avoided by removing them.
 

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Teacher reflection and self-efficacy beliefs are two important teacher characteristics that influence different aspects of teaching jobs. The relationship between these two constructs is important, but the previous research has focused on the effect of reflection on self-efficacy. This mixed-methods study aimed at assessing the interrelationships between reflection and self-efficacy through surveying 330 Iranian English language teachers in the quantitative phase and interviewing 15 teachers in the qualitative phase. The quantitative data were analyzed through a Partial Least Square approach and the qualitative data through a conventional content analysis. Results show the two variables are closely interwoven, but reflection components were better predictors of self-efficacy. Metacognitive, cognitive, and affective reflection were significant predictors of self-efficacy and its components, but critical reflection did not predict any aspect of reflection. Efficacy for classroom management could predict practical and cognitive reflection, and efficacy for student engagement could predict practical, affective, and critical reflection. These findings imply that metacognitive, affective, and cognitive reflections need to be encouraged in English Language Teaching preservice and inservice teacher education programs, and workshops need to be enriched and focus on practical teaching issues and classroom management strategies, and learner engagement techniques.
 

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Point of view, as the most important aspect of the narrative structure, is the window through which the reader sees the different scenes of the story and the behavior of the characters. The author or the narrator, according to his purpose and skill, uses different methods of point of view in the narration. The present article deals with the descriptive-analytical method of studying the point of view in the tale "Fisherman and Monster" and its related narrative circles in the story collection "One Thousand and One Nights". In this way, the model of Jacques Fontaine, a contemporary semiotician, has been used. He considers the types of applied point of view in the discourse as "universal, cumulative or serial, selective, particularizing, parallel and conflicting ". Based on this, the research answers the question of which cognitive angles did the narrator use in the story of the fisherman and the monster and how? The findings of the research show that with every point of view and rotation, the author creates new form and new meaning in the story in order to have a greater impact on the structure and reach the meaning and purpose. He has used different types of
cognitive points of view based on purposefulness, but the "universal" one, due to the omniscient nature of the narrator and the use of description technique, has the highest frequency in the above-mentioned story and its narrative circles.

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For decades, both researchers and EFL learners have been interested in native-like pronunciation. While extensive research has delved into a variety of pedagogical approaches and the complexity of English phonology, an unanswered question is how high-proficiency EFL learners achieve the elusive goal of native-like pronunciation in spoken English. To this end, this multiple-case study aimed to explore the multifaceted strategies employed by 15 high-proficiency EFL learners who had mastery in pronunciation and were selected using the maximum variation sampling method. Data was gathered through the use of diaries and in-depth semi-structured interviews. The data was analyzed with NVivo software version 10, and two main themes were extracted: teacher-directed (TD) and self-directed (SD) pronunciation learning strategies. Regarding the TD strategies, some participants (46%) acknowledged actively engaging with structured tasks and assignments facilitated by teachers. They highlighted the role of in-class (36%) and out-of-class (64%) activities in their journey to master pronunciation. The SD strategies were reported by about half of the participants (54%) in their quest for pronunciation mastery, which included self-talk (48%), podcast listening (29%), shadowing (12%), and reading aloud (11%). This study contributes valuable insights into relevant literature and offers evidence of the interconnectedness of TD and SD strategies in pronunciation improvement. The findings have several implications for further research or practice about pronunciation mastery.

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Abstract
The phonetic variable, encompassing various aspects of sound production such as articulation, accurate pronunciation, phoneme delivery, and coordination in pronunciation, is a critical factor in enhancing the speaking skills of non-Arabic language learners. This variable provides a precise foundation for the correct articulation of words and sentences, thereby playing a fundamental role in empowering learners to communicate effectively. Play, as a unique educational tool, offers authentic conversational contexts and diverse linguistic styles, making it a powerful medium for strengthening this variable.This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of virtual drama instruction in enhancing the phonetic variable, using Tawfiq al-Hakim's play Her Majesty as a case study. The research employs a mixed-method approach, combining descriptive-analytical methods for theoretical explanation and quasi-experimental methods for teaching, testing, and evaluation. The statistical population consists of fifth-semester undergraduate students of Arabic language at public universities in Iran, particularly the University of Tehran, divided into control and experimental groups. Data for the research, collected during the 2021–2022 academic year, were analyzed using SPSS software through statistical methods, including descriptive statistics (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Levene, and covariance tests). Findings indicate that teaching drama significantly improves the phonetic variable among students, demonstrating a positive impact of this educational method on enhancing pronunciation accuracy and articulation quality in language learners.
 

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Myth and archetype represent the universal aspirations and ideas of human. On the other hand, they represent religious experience and exposure to Holy Existence. On this basis, the mystical narratives are the basic vehicle for development and exposure of archetypes and myths. As for symbolism, and the significance of mystical narratives, necessary to interpret for understanding their texts and to obtain narrative functions, we have surveyed three authentic and effective texts of Attar`s Tazkarat-ol-Olya, Hojviri`s Kashf-ol-Mahjoob and Goshairieh’s Resaleh with mythology approach. Because the mystical narratives benefit from all components of the thought and culture sphere of human, especially archetype, we have reviewed, classified and decoded, according to the their texture, have archetypes such as tree, mountains, caves, animals, colors, cycle and center, the names and numbers in the mentioned three texts. This review illustrates that mystical narratives like other areas of human thought, benefit from myth and archetype to achieve its objectives and functions as one of the dominant elements. Based on these features, many mystical narratives use narrative folk or close to their structure. Archetype and myths explain religious experiences in mystical narratives, which are covered in symbolic forms. Although mythological elements have a bond with Holy Existence, they take distinctive color and odor to the mystical narratives, and describe and three stages of birth, death, and rebirth, and encounter with Holy Existence.

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The 21th century has been confronted with wonderful changes in the dimensions of technology, social, economic, and political, perhaps no organization and settlement be safe from their changes and events. In recent decades, strategic management is one of the important organizational and institutional issues that has attracted researchers and experts. In addition, this strategic management has expressed among many new theories and approaches in developed countries and, consequently in all over the world including Iran, which in turn created a lot of new theoretical and practical challenges. This research has been tried by using a descriptive method, discourse analysis, and critique of the framework, that propose strategic management as new management in the service description of spatial planning. Therefore, in the first step, examined the constituent parts of the management spatial planning in the description of the services and then described planning and strategic management and strategic management process as the integrated and practical and at the end, presented suggestions for achieving strategic management in the description of the services of spatial planning with the achieve of integrated management, in the service description of the spatial planning, we will see the operational of the spatial planning oriented programs in the territory of Iran.

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Non-epistemic values in scientific reasoning bring many discussions. One way to justify the role of these values is the argument from inductive risk. The aim of this article is to examine a version of this argument that is presented by Douglas. By raising the question about "evidential sufficiency", Douglas advances her argument to justify the influence of non-epistemic values. Assuming the correctness of Douglas' argument, we try to determine the answer of "evidential sufficiency" based on the conclusion of her argument. Even considering both epistemic and non-epistemic values, we will show that the question of sufficiency will not have a proper answer. Because to determine evidential sufficiency, we will either confront circularity or force to add other ambiguous things. Also, we will explain that Douglas should have sought the "evidential sufficiency" by emphasizing more on the practice of scientists in actuality, in which there is no requirement to incorporate scientific claims with policy-making claims. This criticism is sympathetic to some other criticisms of Douglas, according to which she incorporated pragmatic and epistemic domains of science.
 

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Work Songs during the work have a great extent .Several examples of these songs can be observed among the farmers, stockbreeders and weavers. These songs make the work space free from the monotony and strictness alleviating the tiredness and exhausting pain of work, and reinforce the men and women effort, resulting in  movement sensation and hope during the work. The composed poems in the field of work and business in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, form at large scale the literature of this area. In the environment of work, men and women from Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad have had the poem in tune with someone who was doing the work. This kind of poem has had an appropriate music and sensation. They are anonym composers who compose these songs to show their happiness, sorrows, loneliness, and pains. These songs have had an important role in transferring the cultures; rituals and manners between the generations. In the rural and tribal society of this area, there have been some works such as farming, rice milling, milking and dyeing where the workers composed songs to have the pleasure and fun. This article tries to consider and analyze the agricultural songs (rice milling, rice farming), livestock songs, breeding and knitting songs.

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This article aims to explain the implication of "near-death experiences" on the immateriality of the soul. After defining the experiences, explaining their components, and answering the problems, it has been argued that these experiences indicate the soul's immateriality (mind). Ideologies such as physicalism, naturalism, and scientism, which have no scientific and philosophical basis, are the reason for denying these experiences by naturalists and attributing them to illusions and chemical changes in the brain. But what is the scientific justification for having very clear perceptions during unconsciousness or clinical death when a person lacks perceptions?! Therefore, if the presuppositions and mental prejudices are discarded in interpreting the experiences, it seems that accepting the immaterial dimension is not so difficult for humans. Near-death experiences also pose a serious challenge to physicalist theories of "consciousness" that must be taken seriously in the philosophy of mind.

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Aims: The use of medications with plant origin covers a wide variety of maladies and constitutes an alternative way to antibiotic therapy, which seems to be no longer promising due to the widespread antibiotics resistance among the pathogenic microorganisms.
Active principles having antimicrobial activity could be extracted and purified from plants and used in developing new medications. Among several diseases which have historically scourged man, some of the gram-negative bacteria are potentially epidemic and considered as one of the most outstanding causes of diarrhea. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the antibacterial activity of Thymus kotschyanus extracts.
Materials & Methods: The antimicrobial effect of T.  kotschyanus  Boiss leaves extract on some gram-negative bacteria strains was assayed in vitro by the disk diffusion technique. Dried and crushed plant materials were extracted from distilled water by evaporation and distillation. Finally, the antimicrobial assays were carried out for the plant, and the results were compared with an ampicillin disk results.
Findings: Escherichia coli, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Salmonella typhimurium, Entrobacter cloacae, Proteus mirabilis, and Shigella dysenteriae were apparently killed by the extract, as judged by the presence of growth inhibition halos in the assays.
The results of minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) showed that E. coli and E. cloacae strains were better inhibited by the extract.
Conclusion: The above results were similar to those from ampicillin disk, suggesting that T. kotschyanus Boiss could be used as a source of active principles against some gram-negative bacteria. Therefore, the tested Thymus extract could be considered as a valuable natural antibacterial source, which seems to be applicable in both medicine and food industry.

 

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An investigation of farming (Barzegari) lyrics in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer- Ahmad Province
Seyyed Borzoo Jamalian zade
Mahmoud Rezaei (Ph.D.)
Abstract
Work lyrics are an interpretation of singers’ emotions and their work circumstances which are sung either individually or in choir. They also indicate livelihood, longings, sufferings, aspirations and desires, love, and prayers of the singers. These kinds of voices remove monotony and boredom from the work circumstance, sedate the wearisome pain of hard work, and enhance effort, movement, encouragement and hope among men and women in their work circumstance. In the local culture of this region, the poems sung about work and occupation make a large part of the nation’s literature. Men and women in this city for any work had a poem in unison with the doer of the work which had appropriate theme, music and motivation for the job. Unknown singers have sung these lyrics for expressing their happiness, sorrows, gloom and pains. These lyrics have played an important role in transferring cultures, beliefs, values, and norms from one generation to another. The main themes of farming songs are included loving beloved, the difficulties of farming, encouraging farmers to work, complaint about beloved, stay away from family, desire and hope which they are investigated in following.
1. PHD student of Persian language and literature ،department of Persian language and literature, Shiraz University
Email::jamaliyanzade@gmail.com
2. Associate professor of department of Persian language and literature of Shiraz University

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Rural development is considered as a requirement for today's society and several factors play a role in it that lead to the success in rural development. Based on this, local managers’ necessary skills to manage rural affairs are one of the most important issues for managers in rural areas. Management skills are necessary for the successful performance of managers at different levels. Therefore, local rural managers with management skills can guide rural management towards new goals of sustainable development and in this way transform the village from a backward environment to a vibrant and developed environment. In spite of the management components and management skills, the most important element that shows itself in this is the element of skill in managing a lively rural environment.
Theoretical discussion
Amazement is defined as the process of effective and efficient use of material and human resources in planning, organizing, mobilizing resources and facilities, directing and controlling to achieve managerial and organizational goals and based on the accepted value system and criteria. In all activities, managers benefit from skills that are called management skills. The subject of management skills is one of the issues that have been of interest since the beginning of the development of management until today, and many views have been raised in this field. Management skills are skills that enable a person to move the components of a set in order to move all the components towards the set goals. Therefore, according to the definition, skill refers to a person's developable abilities that are reflected in his performance and performance of duties. Therefore, the meaning of skill is the ability to effectively use personal knowledge and experience.
Discussion
Pearson's correlation test was used to prove the existence of a relationship between the variables measuring the management skills of rural managers with the five dimensions of management skills. A significant relationship can be seen at the 99% level between the influential variables in measuring the management skills of rural managers and the five dimensions of management skills, which indicates the influence of the independent variable on the dependent variable. This means that the more the rural managers with the management skills measurement variables (average age, gender, management experience, education level), the more successful in having the five management skills and applying them in the rural development process.
Conclusions
According to the analysis of the research findings, the results showed that there is a significant difference between the studied villages in terms of management skills. Also, the results of the Friedman test showed that the share of social skills with an average of 4.21 compared to other skills is higher than the studied villages, which shows the relationship and social bond as well as the skills of dealing with the villagers among the studied villages. Political, technical, human and perceptual skills were ranked last with an average 2.21, which is a sign of poor understanding of the concept and frameworks of development in the studied villages by local managers. Also, the results of the t-test of two independent samples were used to compare the management skills between two groups of local managers (Shura-Dahyar) and showed that the average of the two groups of local managers has no difference in having management skills (no difference in the mean). In fact, the two groups of local managers (Shura-Dehyar) have the same management skills among the studied villages. Also, Spearman's correlation test was used to prove the significance of the relationship between the variables measuring the availability of rural managers and the five dimensions of management skills, and the significance of the relationship was visible in all dimensions of management skills. Finally, the results of the Vaikor decision-making model with the aim of prioritizing the studied villages in terms of management skills showed that Kooh Abad village was ranked first and Farman Abad village was ranked last.

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Whereas recognition of world epic works causes cultural relation and manifests cultural bases similarities and differences in comparison between our epic works with other nations, and conclusions to worldwide peace, in this essay exert by analysis statistical –content – qualitative method till in addition to critic some pundits concerning on epic characters and comparison the nine epic elements and thirteen motifs in Boezuname and Beowulf to answer this question: are alike or vary in source Borzuname and Beowulf that are from two various Iranian and Anglo – Saxon nations?
Studies reason that epic elements and motifs are alike but in valuation on them and custom of demonstration in stories are different.           


 

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The present research is aimed to analyze the phonological processes of Galeshi dialect such as; compensatory lengthening, deletion, lenition, raising and metathesis. The theoretical framework of the study is on optimality theory, and the dialectal data gathering has been via recording ten hours of speech together with the researcher's intuition as a native speaker. The data has been transcribed according to IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) and the research method is descriptive- analytic. Accordingly, the phonological processes and compensatory deletion of /h/, /?/ in two- syllable words in CVC.CV (C) context leads to compensatory lengthening of vowel in first syllable; deletion of consonants /t/, /d/ as a second number of a consonant cluster or succession of consonants; deletion of coda voiced consonant after long vowels), lenition (change of /b/ to [v] and /Œ/ to [X] ; raising (change of /e/ as a low vowel to [i] as a high vowel; metathesis (substitution of /r/ replaces /d/and /b/ in "madrese" and "kebrit" words and /s/ replaces /k/ in "taksi' word.(have been exemplified within the tables and analyzed in tableaus by the use of the constraint rankings in OT. The results depict deletion and insertion as the highest processed and metathesis as the lowest. Key words: Phonological Processes, Eshkevar Galeshi Dialect, Optimality Theory.