Research Paper
Semantic Comprehension of Persian Endocentric and Exocentric Compound Nouns in Persian-learners: A Cognitive-Semantic
Semantic Comprehension of Persian Endocentric and Exocentric Compound Nouns in Persian-learners: A Cognitive-Semantic

Sara Montazeri; Ali Afkhami; Atiyeh Kamyabi Gol

Volume 9, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2018.66647

Abstract
  Semantic comprehension of compound nouns is one of the subjects discussed in theoretical framework of cognitive linguistics. Compound nouns are divided into four groups based on the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Noun phrase accessibility: acquisition of relative clauses in Persian language
Noun phrase accessibility: acquisition of relative clauses in Persian language

Shohreh Sadat Sajjadi; Rezamorad Sahraee

Volume 9, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 21-38

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2018.66648

Abstract
  After studying 50 languages, Keenan and Comrie (1977) introduced the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy Theory. This theory claims that in order to form relative clauses, languages ...  Read More
Research Paper
Parallel Merge, Multidominance and the Structure of Wh-Coordination
Parallel Merge, Multidominance and the Structure of Wh-Coordination

Yadgar Karimi; Hengameh Vaezi

Volume 9, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 39-58

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2018.66649

Abstract
  Wh-coordination is a descriptive term used to refer to configurations where two wh-constituents are conjoined. Wh-coordination bears descriptive resemblances to conventional coordination ...  Read More
Research Paper
A Multi- modal Study of the Negares in “Siavash” and “Zahak’s” Narratives (Based on The Grammar of Reading Images Approach of Kress and Van Leeuwen)
A Multi- modal Study of the Negares in “Siavash” and “Zahak’s” Narratives (Based on The Grammar of Reading Images Approach of Kress and Van Leeuwen)

Ladan Javaheri; Amer Gheitury; Koroosh Saberi

Volume 9, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 59-78

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2018.66650

Abstract
  The Grammar of Reading Imagesis a new look into pictures, located in social semiotics. It is implemented in decoding the pictorial signs. Kress and Van Leeuwen (2006), inspired by Halliday’s ...  Read More
Research Paper
Mapping Inter-field Studies and Interdisciplinarity in Iranian linguistics with ArcGIS Software
Mapping Inter-field Studies and Interdisciplinarity in Iranian linguistics with ArcGIS Software

Fatemeh Masoumi; Ali Reza Gholi Famian

Volume 9, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 79-98

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2018.66651

Abstract
  ArcGIS is a software program to depict geographical features as well as abstract concepts. Given the significant changes in scientific disciplines, the present study employs ArcGIS ...  Read More
Research Paper
Preposition sense disambiguation in Persian using semantic frames
Preposition sense disambiguation in Persian using semantic frames

Zahra Mozaffari; giti Taki; Mojtaba Sabbagh Jaffari; Pakzad Yusefian

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
Research Paper
A criticism of “Syncretism of Path Expressions in Selected Iranian Languages: A Nanosyntax Approach”
A criticism of “Syncretism of Path Expressions in Selected Iranian Languages: A Nanosyntax Approach”

Ebrahim Moradi

Volume 9, Issue 1 , June 2018, Pages 119-128

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2018.66653

Abstract
  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 More