The Role of Orthography in Facilitation of the Perception of Heterographic Homophones
The Role of Orthography in Facilitation of the Perception of Heterographic Homophones

Fahimeh Nasib Zarraby; Shahla Sharifi

Volume 6, Issue 1 , September 2015, , Pages 119-135

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2015.56646

Abstract
  The role of orthography in difficult speech perception tasks has already been proved (Dehaene & Cohen, 2011). Since the processing of heterographic homophones is believed to be ...  Read More
Model for the Concept of Time in Persian Speakers’ Minds: Based on Metaphoric Gestures
Model for the Concept of Time in Persian Speakers’ Minds: Based on Metaphoric Gestures

Fahimeh Nasib Zarraby; Mohammadreza Pahlavannezhad

Volume 5, Issue 1 , September 2014, , Pages 109-127

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2014.52663

Abstract
  This paper presents a study examining how Persian speakers use metaphoric gestures to represent different adverbs of time, and what these gestures reveal about the concept of time in ...  Read More