Journal of Linguistic Research

The Journal of Linguistic Research, a biannual publication, features research articles in the fields of theoretical and applied linguistics, related areas of culture and ancient languages, and studies on dialects of Iranian languages. It also encompasses a diverse range of subfields related to language issues (language teaching, linguistics, semiotics, sociology of language, psychology of language, pragmatics, etc.). Additionally, the journal welcomes book review articles. While the primary language of the journal is Persian, articles in English are also accepted. The journal provides open access to all its articles. Use of the journal's content is permitted provided the source is cited. Copyright for articles remains with the author(s). Upon publication, authors grant the Journal of Linguistic Research the right of first publication. Thereafter, they may publish the article file, parts of it, or the entire content on websites, in other journals, or in books, provided they acknowledge its initial publication in this journal. The journal encourages authors to share their work online to promote knowledge.

Journal Profile

Journal Title: Journal of Linguistic Research

Owner: University of Tehran

Publisher: University of Tehran Press

English Title: Journal of Linguistic Research

Scientific Category: Humanities

Sub-category: Language - Linguistics

Scientific Rank: Scientific-Research

Date of First Validity: 2011-07-09 (1389/04/18)

Peer-review Type: Double-blind, Anonymous, and Confidential

Average Duration: Approximately 3 week.

Average Peer-review and Acceptance Process Time: Average Duration: 3 to 4 months.

Article Acceptance Rate:  %14

Publication Frequency: Biannual

Journal Language: Persian (Abstracts and References in both English and Persian)

Publication Type: Electronic

Access Type: Open Access (Full Text)

Print ISSN: 9289-2251

Online ISSN: 3362-2676

Citation Style: APA

Phone: +98 (21) 61112999

Journal Email: jolr@ut.ac.ir

Website: https://jolr.ut.ac.ir

Article Review Fee: Yes

Final Acceptance and Publication Fee: Yes

Copyright: The journal follows the international rules of the Creative Commons public copyright license. Copyright of articles belongs to the authors; authors own and hold the copyright to their work.

Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE): The Journal of Linguistic Research, in respect of publication ethics, adheres to the guidelines, principles, and rules of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and follows the executive bylaw of the law on prevention and dealing with fraud in scientific works.

Plagiarism and Similarity Policy: Based on an agreement with SinaWeb Company, all articles submitted to the Journal of Linguistic Research will be checked for plagiarism and similarity using software such as Hamtayab and SamimNoore before entering the peer-review process.

Notice to Authors

The journal charges a fee after the peer-review process, for article publication; however, redistribution of information from this website with source attribution is free. In accordance with the request of the Commission of Scientific Publications of Iran, registration and display of a free ORCID iD and the use of an institutional/academic email address are mandatory for authors. Therefore, respected authors are requested to obtain an ORCID iD and an institutional/academic email address before submitting their article to the journal.

The corresponding author must be a faculty member of a university, center, or research institute. Submission is free, but a written confirmation letter from the corresponding author and the forms below must be submitted with the article. PhD and Master's students cannot be the sole corresponding author. The designation of the corresponding author is free based on mutual agreement between the parties. The responsibility for ensuring the absence of plagiarism, data fabrication, and misuse of artificial intelligence lies with the article's authors.

Required Files and Forms (to be submitted via the article submission system):

Main Article File: Without author names and formatted according to the journal's template (see the Author Guidelines).

Title Page File: Including author details.

Letter of Commitment Form: Must include the article title and the full names of all authors, and be signed by all authors (see Author Guidelines).

Conflict of Interest and Manuscript Commitment Form: Must be signed by the corresponding author and uploaded with the article file (see Author Guidelines).

Article Format: The final version of the article, after completing the peer-review and acceptance stages, must be submitted using the journal's article template. Otherwise, it will not be processed (see Author Guidelines).

Important: For finally accepted articles, authors must prepare an extended English abstract of 1000 to 1200 words in addition to the short English abstract. This extended abstract must be placed in the article according to the sample template and submitted along with other required files via the journal's submission system. AI can be used to edit the English abstract for spelling, grammar, and text revision purposes.

The Journal of Linguistic Research charges a fee of 1,500,000 Rials for the initial review process. If the article is accepted, an additional publication fee of 4,500,000 Rials will be required, bringing the total fee to 6,000,000 Rials.

Upon notification from the journal's editorial office, please complete the payment through the online payment portal available in the journal's submission system. Alternatively, you may transfer the amount to the following bank account:

  • Account Number: 4001070103006825

  • IBAN: IR830100004001070103006825

  • Payment ID: 314070174140107000000002002202

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  • Bank: Central Bank of Iran

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Research Paper
The Syntax of coercion: Aspect and Aspect shifting in Persian Based on the Role and Reference Grammar
The Syntax of coercion: Aspect and Aspect shifting in Persian Based on the Role and Reference Grammar

Faeze Asadi; Rahman Veisi Hasar

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 1-36

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2026.398701.666928

Abstract
  This study investigates the phenomena of aspect and coercion in Persian through the lens of Role and Reference Grammar (Van Valin & Foley, 1980; 1984) and Cortes-Rodriguez’s ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigation of Inconsistent Phonological Disorder in Persian-Speaking Children Aged 5 to 7: A Neural and Cognitive Linguistics Perspective
Investigation of Inconsistent Phonological Disorder in Persian-Speaking Children Aged 5 to 7: A Neural and Cognitive Linguistics Perspective

sadegh eftekhary far; Azam estaji; Sayed farid Khalifeh loo

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 37-58

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2025.390884.666911

Abstract
  Abstract Employing a Cognitive Linguistics framework—specifically Langacker's Cognitive Grammar, Rosch's Prototype Theory, and Hickok and Poeppel's dual-streams model—this ...  Read More
Research Paper
Discontinuous Negation in Persian Coordinate Structures: A Minimalist Approach
Discontinuous Negation in Persian Coordinate Structures: A Minimalist Approach

Mazdak Anushe

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 59-97

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2026.411384.666956

Abstract
  Clausal negation and post-syntactic ellipsis have been extensively investigated within the Generative framework, and Persian linguists have offered detailed analyses of both phenomena. ...  Read More
Research Paper
Predicting the Recall of Narrative and Expository Texts through an Experimental-Computational Approach: Testing Two Cognitive Models and the Effectiveness of a Revised Model
Predicting the Recall of Narrative and Expository Texts through an Experimental-Computational Approach: Testing Two Cognitive Models and the Effectiveness of a Revised Model

Hamed Zakeri; Sahar Bahrami-Khorshid; Maryam Danaye Tous; Masoud Ghayoomi

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 99-126

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2026.403361.666943

Abstract
  Text comprehension and recall are among the most fundamental cognitive processes, and explaining their mechanisms can be effective both in the development of cognitive science theories ...  Read More
Research Paper
Examining the discourse of verbal tyranny in the work of \
Examining the discourse of verbal tyranny in the work of \"Dr. Mossadegh and his historical speeches\" based on the functional approach

Mohammad reza Pahlavannezhad; Atousa Babak

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 127-156

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2025.380810.666894

Abstract
  In this article, an attempt has been made to provide a functional analysis based on Halliday's interpersonal metafunction from Dr. Mossadegh's historical speeches in the fifth and sixth ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Hierarchy of Perceptual Verbs in Persian: A Typological Approach
The Hierarchy of Perceptual Verbs in Persian: A Typological Approach

Vali Rezai; Tahereh Samenian

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 157-188

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2026.403152.666942

Abstract
  In linguistic research, the typology of perception verbs has been investigated across numerous languages from a variety of perspectives. As fundamental components of language, verbs ...  Read More
Research Paper
The modal markers
The modal markers "dabe" and "dabɑ" in Mukriyani Kurdish

Zanko Radnia; Gholamhossein Karimi Doostan

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 189-216

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2026.407488.666948

Abstract
  Modality is a semantic category which allows the speakers of a language to express their viewpoints on linguistic propositions and talk about the possibility and necessity of potential ...  Read More
Research Paper
Intertextual-Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Naghsh-e Jahan Square as a Text: based on Visual Interactional Meaning Dimension
Intertextual-Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of Naghsh-e Jahan Square as a Text: based on Visual Interactional Meaning Dimension

Habib Shahabi; maryamsadat ghiasian; Shirin Pourebrahim

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 217-241

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2026.388128.666907

Abstract
  Visual analysis in cultural and semiotic studies, especially in the analysis of ‘City as Text’, being a part of the more general concept of ‘Language of City’, ...  Read More
Research Paper
Phonological Opacity in the Relict of Progressive Prefix in Kalhori Kurdish: An Optimality theoretic Account
Phonological Opacity in the Relict of Progressive Prefix in Kalhori Kurdish: An Optimality theoretic Account

Mehdi Fattahi; Tahereh Jafari

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 243-268

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2026.399423.666931

Abstract
  The progressive prefix has no phonetic realization in most the Kalhori Kurdish verbs and appears as a zero morpheme. However, Fattahi (2022), in a comparative study, provided evidence ...  Read More
Research Paper
Distributed Morphology, Derivational Modularity and the Problem of Circularity
Distributed Morphology, Derivational Modularity and the Problem of Circularity

Abbas Nasri

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 269-291

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2026.401945.666937

Abstract
  This article aims to defend the Parallel Morphology Hypothesis as the theoretical foundation of the Optimal Distributed Morphology (ODM) framework. Unlike the standard rule-based model ...  Read More
Research Paper
An Analysis of the Embodiment of Meaning in Persian Economic and Sports News Discourse: An Application of MacWhinney’s Model
An Analysis of the Embodiment of Meaning in Persian Economic and Sports News Discourse: An Application of MacWhinney’s Model

Mahmood Naghizadeh; Elkhas Veysi; Maryam Pouyanifar

Volume 16, Issue 2 , March 2026, Pages 293-320

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2025.400397.666933

Abstract
  Meaning embodiment is a central construct in cognitive linguistics which, by rejecting the traditional mind–body dualism, posits that perception, meaning, and language are fundamentally ...  Read More
A Constructional Cognitive Approach to the Persian Suffix ‘-gɑr’
A Constructional Cognitive Approach to the Persian Suffix ‘-gɑr’
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 45-66

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2018.69528

Abstract
  The suffix ‘-gɑr’ is a nominal and adjectival suffix in Persian which is believed by most researchers to express the subjective (agentive) meaning. The purpose of the present ...  Read More
A Review of
A 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 More
The Study of Semantic Contribution of -ār and -andeh Suffixes in Persian
The Study of Semantic Contribution of -ār and -andeh Suffixes in Persian
Volume 2, Issue 1 , March 2011, , Pages 101-128

Abstract
  This paper examines the semantic contribution of -?r and -andeh suffixes in Persian based on Lieber’s (2004) lexical semantic representation. This framework using six semantic features ...  Read More
Preposition sense disambiguation in Persian using semantic frames
Preposition sense disambiguation in Persian using semantic frames
Volume 9, Issue 1 , June 2018, , Pages 99-117

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2018.66652

Abstract
  Word sense disambiguation is one of the important challenges in natural language processing (NLP) and computational linguistics. However, preposition sense disambiguation especially, ...  Read More
A Study of Semantic Shifting in Persian Proverbs
A Study of Semantic Shifting in Persian Proverbs
Volume 1, Issue 1 , November 2010

Abstract
  Semantic shifting which is one of the most important semantic processes forming the meaning of some linguistic structures was first introduced by Safavi (1379). The meaning of different ...  Read More

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