Volume 14 (2023)
Volume 13 (2022)
Volume 12 (2021)
Volume 11 (2020)
Volume 10 (2019)
Volume 9 (2018)
Volume 8 (2017)
Volume 7 (2017)
Volume 6 (2015)
Volume 5 (2014)
Volume 4 (2013)
Volume 3 (2012)
Volume 2 (2012)
Volume 1 (2010)
Number of Articles: 211
Discourse Expectations and Reading Processing of Subject and Object Relative Clauses in Persian Language
Volume 10, Issue 2 , March 2020, , Pages 107-127
Abstract
Numerous studies in different languages have shown that, in general, subject relative clauses are easier and faster to process than object relative clauses. However, there are discourse ... Read MoreThe Effect of Persian Conjunctions Use on Azerbaijani Turkish
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 109-128
Abstract
The aim of this research is to study the borrowing of Persian conjunctions by speakers of Azerbayjani Turkish and its effect on their language. Data were collected from Azerbayjani ... Read MoreThe Role of Syntactic Head and Constituent Position in Processing Root Compound Nouns: Evidence from People with Broca Aphasia
Volume 11, Issue 2 , February 2021, , Pages 121-145
Abstract
This study investigates the way head initial and head final root compound nouns comprising of noun-noun constituents are processed. It also investigates the role of their syntactic ... Read MoreThe Effect of Gender in The Use of The Modal Adjuncts in The Writings of Advanced Foreign Learners of Persian Language Based on Functional Grammar
Volume 12, Issue 1 , July 2021, , Pages 121-143
Abstract
For many years, researchers have attempted to discover the complex interrelationship between language and gender. This research investigated modal adjuncts usage in the writings of ... Read MoreSignifications and Grammatical Functions of Pre/postpositions in Sassanian Pahlavi and Manichaean Middle Persian
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2011, , Pages 129-156
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Sassanian Pahlavi and Manichaean Middle Persian Pre/postpositions cover a relatively vast spectrum of meanings. By reference to the different components of the sentence, they act as ... Read MoreA Review of " The structure of the Persian Language": A review of revie and review criteria approach"
Volume 1, Issue 1 , November 2010
Abstract
نقد حاضر، نقدی صورتگرایانه در کنار نقد دانشگاهی است. در یک تعریف کلّی و عام، نقد صورتگرایانه (فرمالیستی)، ... Read MoreModel for the Concept of Time in Persian Speakers’ Minds: Based on Metaphoric Gestures
Volume 5, Issue 1 , September 2014, , Pages 109-127
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 MoreMiddle Verbs and Their Study in Younger Avesta Part I: Middle Verb
Volume 3, Issue 2 , January 2013, , Pages 111-129
Abstract
Time, aspect, person, number and active and middle voices are the categories based on which the verbal structure of the ancient Iranian languages are studied. According to the prevailing ... Read MoreConceptual metaphor in a Khotanese text
Volume 4, Issue 1 , April 2013, , Pages 111-127
Abstract
Cognitive science has found out that languages typically make use of conceptual metaphors to concretize abstract meanings. Conceptual metaphor explains a target domain which is abstract ... Read MoreMarked Ergative Constructions in Hawrami: The Opposition of Two Minimalist Approaches
Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, , Pages 113-132
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The present paper seeks to present a minimalist account for the derivational process of marked ergative constructions in Hawrami in terms of Phase Theory (Chomsky 2000, 2001, 2004; ... Read MoreA Cognitive Approach to the Context Synonymy in Persian Verbs
Volume 2, Issue 2 , March 2011, , Pages 115-125
Abstract
Cognitive semantic approach, which deals with the "cognition" of human being, tries to explain the way of human understanding by means of different tools, such as image schema. In ... Read MoreGrammaticalization and Metaphorical Extension
Volume 3, Issue 1 , October 2013, , Pages 117-134
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Grammaticalization provides a framework to study the genesis and development of grammatical forms in language. In this framework, it is argued that new grammatical forms are constantly ... Read MoreThe Semantic Network of “Gereftan” in Persian Based on Principled Polysemy Model
Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2016, , Pages 117-136
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This article aims to analyze the semantics of the Persian verb “gereftan” by providing a transparent picture of its polysemous nature. The data under study are gathered ... Read MoreBīstūn and Zaristūn Yesterday … Today
Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2017, , Pages 117-130
Abstract
“Zaristūn” the princess whose name is mentioned beside the name of her sister “Bēstūn” in the Pahlavi book of Ayādgār ī Zarērān is a daughter of Arjāsp, ... Read MoreVowel Hiatus in Surani Kurdish
Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2017, , Pages 117-136
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This paper addresses the different repair strategies applied in the Surani Kurdish language for the correction of vowel hiatus, cross-linguistically known as a phonologically marked ... Read MoreA Pragmatic Competence Analysis of Gratitude Strategies in English Used by EFL Teachers Regarding Their Academic Discipline
Volume 8, Issue 2 , January 2018, , Pages 117-131
Abstract
Providing knowledge for effective communication cannot just be limited to teaching linguistic information, and pragmatic competence should also be considered. Since the main goal of ... Read MoreThe Role of Orthography in Facilitation of the Perception of Heterographic Homophones
Volume 6, Issue 1 , September 2015, , Pages 119-135
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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 MoreA criticism of “Syncretism of Path Expressions in Selected Iranian Languages: A Nanosyntax Approach”
Volume 9, Issue 1 , June 2018, , Pages 119-128
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This paper is a criticism of Dabirmoghaddam and Naseri (1396 [2017]). Although the evaluated work introduces a new approach and deals with the less studied category, namely preposition, ... Read MoreThe Process of Morph-movement due to Morpho-phonological Reasons: The Analysis of a Case in Kalhori Kurdish
Volume 4, Issue 2 , March 2014, , Pages 121-140
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In the classification of morpho-phonological processes of different languages proposed by Jensen (1990), the least frequent process is perhaps the one related to morph-movement due ... Read MoreSynchronic Multifunctionality of the Discourse Marker Hâlâ ('now') from the Perspective of (Inter)subjectification
Volume 6, Issue 2 , January 2016, , Pages 121-140
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Adopting a discourse-pragmatic approach, this study examines the synchronic multifunctionality of the discourse marker hâlâ from the perspective of (inter)subjectification. ... Read MoreInscriptional Literature: A Review of Parthian Inscription of Sar-e Pol-e Zohab: Godarz Son of Gew or Godarz Son of Ardawan
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2011, , Pages 129-156
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The present paper is about an inscription from the Parthian era which has been found in the town of Sar-e Pol-e Zohab in the province of Kirmanshah. This Parthian bas-relief is about ... Read MoreToward a Cognitive Taxonomy for Explicitating Shifts in Translation
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 129-150
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In this paper, we attempt to present an alternative approach to the concept of translational explicitaion. First, we shortly evaluate the validity of a fundamental presupposition widespread ... Read MoreAntonym Sequence in Persian: A Corpus-Based Study
Volume 10, Issue 1 , June 2019, , Pages 129-140
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Antonymy is a kind of lexical-semantic relationship between two words that are similar in many aspects out imply opposite meanings. The few previous studies as well as the authors’ ... Read MoreThe Corpus- based Investigation of Interactive Metadiscourse in the Persian Research Articles: Hylandʼs Model (2005)
Volume 10, Issue 2 , March 2020, , Pages 129-151
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Metadiscourse as a key term in discourse analysis involves coherensive and interpersonal features which helps the connection between the text and the context with the aim of communicating ... Read MorePronominal Clitics in North and South Bashāgardi; A Typological Analysis
Volume 12, Issue 1 , July 2021, , Pages 145-168