Research Paper
Discourse Analysis
Nastaran Kiyanpour; mohammad reza oroji; Behzad Rahbar
Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of critically analyzing the first discourse of Trump and Rouhani on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Program from the perspective of Systemic Functional Grammar (Halliday, 1985). To this end, the first speech of the two presidents on the ...
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The present study was conducted with the aim of critically analyzing the first discourse of Trump and Rouhani on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) Program from the perspective of Systemic Functional Grammar (Halliday, 1985). To this end, the first speech of the two presidents on the subject of the JCPOA were selected and transcribed for analyses. Both qualitative and quantitative analyses including frequency and Mann-Whitney statistical tests were used for data analyses. Findings revealed the hidden ideologies of the two previous presidents of the United States and Iran, which were Iranophobia and Anti-Americanism respectively. Both were found to emphasize his positive self-presentation and other’s negative presentation. Both intended to put each other into blame for the chaos in the region. Rohani highlighted the national unity, the role of the Revolutionary Guard in the assistance of the oppressed people of the region, and Iran’s role in the provision of peace and calm in the region, whereas Trump referred to Iran’s Nuclear ambitions and the Revolutionary Guard’s role in the ignition of fire of unrest and chaos in the region. Moreover, results showed that Functional Grammar could be used alone to critically analyze political discourses, and also with the help of three experiential, interpersonal and textual metafunctions, this language model can analyze the speeches of both presidents. Moreover, the ideologies behind each text could be identified and their purposes be disclosed based on the elements in each metafunction such as the use of pronouns, tenses, adverbs, processes and themes used in both texts.
Research Paper
Sociolinguistics
Yiyun Tang; leila golpour
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In this research, an attempt has been made to find out the intellectual differences that have originated from occupation, climate and environment, as well as a comparative study of a number of morphological and syntactic structures of Persian, English and Chinese to examine where there is a connection ...
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In this research, an attempt has been made to find out the intellectual differences that have originated from occupation, climate and environment, as well as a comparative study of a number of morphological and syntactic structures of Persian, English and Chinese to examine where there is a connection between the thoughts of people and the relations of thought and language in these three languages. In this research, the theoretical framework of linguistic relativity (Sapir, 1997: 36) has been used. The results of this study showed that Chinese speakers and Persian speakers describe the issues in general and emotionally and attach great importance to the group; Therefore, Chinese and Persian languages pay more attention to the meaning outside the language. English-speakers are more proficient in analytical thinking and analyze topics in detail, paying attention to the person and completeness of the sentence in terms of sentence structure. Examining the sentences of these three languages, it was found that the verbs of English and Persian, unlike Chinese, have a time. The non-living subject in these languages can be placed in the position of the subject. Nominal expressions have signs in terms of being known (definite) and or not known (indefinite). But in Chinese, noun phrases have no sign and the non-living subject is not in the position of the subject. Persian language is more similar to English in terms of structure and is more similar to Chinese in terms of thinking and culture.
Research Paper
Sociolinguistics
Zahra Babasalari; Ghazal Baghbani
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between language and image in the advertisements of Persian language magazines in the framework of Unsworth’s (2006) model. In this qualitative-based research, the library method is used. The authors used Unsworth’s (2006) theory to analyze ...
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The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between language and image in the advertisements of Persian language magazines in the framework of Unsworth’s (2006) model. In this qualitative-based research, the library method is used. The authors used Unsworth’s (2006) theory to analyze the data and used 100 advertisements in Persian-language magazines to do so. The data were randomly selected from advertisements published Persian magazines such as Green Family (Khanevade Sabz), Family (Khanevade), Days of Life (Rouzhaye Zendegi), Photo (Aks), Farm (Mazrae), Film, Spike (Sonbole) and Second (Saniye) in 2019. The data were then analyzed based on Unsworth’s (2006) model to investigate the relationship between image language in the meaning structure. The findings showed that the relationship of expansion has many applications and from the sub-categories of expansion current relations and complementarity are more than the relationship of expansion in these advertisements. This study also showed that the use of language-image relations according to Unsworth’s model of the meaning of thinking on advertising and taking into account the interests of individuals and the growing progress of society, is very suitable to motivate audiences and this model can be used to analyze magazines.
Research Paper
Discourse Analysis
Mavadat Saidi; Zahra Cheraghi; Malihe Mousavi
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The current study aimed to investigate the use of evaluative resources in academic and popular science articles published in Iranian scholarly journals and popular media in the field of nutrition in light of Martin and White’s (2005) Appraisal theory. The corpus of the study consisted of 80 articles ...
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The current study aimed to investigate the use of evaluative resources in academic and popular science articles published in Iranian scholarly journals and popular media in the field of nutrition in light of Martin and White’s (2005) Appraisal theory. The corpus of the study consisted of 80 articles including 40 academic research articles and 40 popular science articles. The results of the analysis of two groups of articles in terms of Appraisal resources revealed that authors used more Attitude resources followed by Engagement resources and Graduation resources. Among Attitude markers, the authors of Persian academic research and popular science articles employed appreciation resources more frequently. Furthermore, the results of several Chi-Square tests also revealed a significant difference between Persian academic research and popular science articles considering the frequency of Attitude and Engagement resources but not Graduation resources of Appraisal Theory. The findings can be transferred to pedagogical grounds through embedding Appraisal resources in writing courses and employing them to enhance the quality and efficiency of the interaction between the writers- scientists and their intended readers- scholarly or non-scholarly.
Research Paper
Sociolinguistics
mohammad bagher mirzaei hesarian
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The study of person's names in Persian Language Teaching Textbooks (PLTT) adds to the knowledge of Persian authors and educators. In this descriptive-analytical study, the number of Iranian and non-Iranian names, the ratio of male and female names, identity category and the frequency of names in three ...
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The study of person's names in Persian Language Teaching Textbooks (PLTT) adds to the knowledge of Persian authors and educators. In this descriptive-analytical study, the number of Iranian and non-Iranian names, the ratio of male and female names, identity category and the frequency of names in three textbooks namely, Persian language, Let's Learn Persian and Mina were investigated. Findings indicate that Mina has the highest frequency and gender ratio of Iranian names and the lowest frequency of non-Iranian names compared to the other two textbooks. Let's learn Persian and Mina have the most frequency of national-thematic and religious identity. Let's learn Persian has the highest frequency of the most frequent names of the last century. Then, it is Mina. Persian language can be evaluated in the third place with a much lower frequency of letters compared to the other two textbooks.
Research Paper
Discourse Analysis
Abbas Ali Ahangar; Amir Ali Khoshkhoonejad; Soheila Khademi
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Cinema represents political, social and cultural realities. Critical discourse analysis also signifies linguistic text realities based on features such as ideology, society, culture and policy. The purpose of the present research is to provide a study of sociol discourses of the movie Cow based on Laclau ...
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Cinema represents political, social and cultural realities. Critical discourse analysis also signifies linguistic text realities based on features such as ideology, society, culture and policy. The purpose of the present research is to provide a study of sociol discourses of the movie Cow based on Laclau and Mouffe’s (2001) theory. To this end, the full text of the conversations of the movie Cow was examined. Then, th data were described and analyzed for the discourse features proposed in Laclau and Mouffe’s (2001) theory. The results of the study indicate that the discourse of the movie is articulated around the central signifier Cow’s death" and the floating signifiers such as "poverty", "being religious", "unemployment", "closed society", "lying", "dependency on Cow", "unity", "unawareness" and "metamorphosis". In addition, the dominant discourses of the movie are "religion, tradition and collectivism". Through the examination of the highlights and background features of role of the actors and actresses in the movie Cow, it was found that the signifiers "lying", "metamorphosis" and "poverty" are highlighted in this movie whereas the floating signifier "being religious" is backgrounded.
Research Paper
Language Contact and Conflict
abdolhossein heydari
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The aim of this research is to study causative changes in Azerbaijani due to contact with Persian. The data were collected from Azerbaijani speakers in Ardabil province. The research method is descriptive-analytic. First, the data were classified according to the formal parameters used in studying causative ...
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The aim of this research is to study causative changes in Azerbaijani due to contact with Persian. The data were collected from Azerbaijani speakers in Ardabil province. The research method is descriptive-analytic. First, the data were classified according to the formal parameters used in studying causative structures. Then, they were analyzed in the framework of two common approaches in language contact phenomenon (Myers-Scotton, 2006; Heine, 2006). Data analysis based on the criteria of code-switching/borrowing differentiation shows that some of Persian causative non-verbal elements have been borrowed by Azerbaijani and some of them appear as code-switched elements in Azerbaijani-Persian bilinguals’ speech. The findings were in line with Myers-Scotton’s view confirming code-switching/borrowing continuum as a mechanism for accomplishment of borrowing process. The compound sentences with two native compound causative verbs between collected data show that compound causative structure exists in Azerbaijani. Azerbaijani speakers use strategy such as the extending strategy to increase the frequency of compound causative structure matching that of Persian by borrowing and code-switching Persian non-verbal causative elements. Azerbaijani speakers choose among some alternative causative structures, the one corresponding to Persian structure.
