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Disambiguating concepts in language is one of the most challenging tasks in the field of natural language processing and computational linguistics. A sort of these ambiguities can be found in metaphorical and metonymic concepts. In the present study, we try to introduce the structure of the detecting and disambiguating system of metaphor and metonymy. Detection step is based on semantic valency of the verbs occurring within the subject and object positions and the disambiguation step on the key topical concepts. The data of the detection step involves semantic valency of the seven metaphorically and metonymically frequent verbs. First of all, the data were collected by extracting the... 

According to different interpretations of the philosophy of science schools, scientific knowledge, is responsible for explanation, description, control and prediction of material phenomena and their relationships. But these facts, besides their real aspects, which can be observed and found by episteme, have a conventional side. The conventional aspect of science is rules and contracts which are obtained from the facts you can find by techne. Although conventionals can be traced back to the division of science into theoretical and practical by Aristotle and other Hellenistic philosophers, but in this century Islamic philosophers especially, Tatbayee paid more attention to this topic. This...