Research Paper
Dialectology
farrokh hajiyani; Khairollah Mahmoudi
Abstract
Toponymy is a term used for naming a place or a special geographic feature. It is the scientific study of geographic names. Toponymy is a branch of linguistics which scientifically studies place names from synchronous and diachronic point of view. Considered as an important part of cultural heritage, ...
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Toponymy is a term used for naming a place or a special geographic feature. It is the scientific study of geographic names. Toponymy is a branch of linguistics which scientifically studies place names from synchronous and diachronic point of view. Considered as an important part of cultural heritage, Toponyms, as linguistic units, are prone to changes that occur in the realm of linguistic. Thus, an examination of toponyms from the perspective of historical linguistics makes a great contribution to our historical knowledge of the language and culture of the people living in that area. This study was conducted to study, in an etymological way, several toponyms in the Bushehri dialect. The method employed to carry out this research is a combination of field research and descriptive-analytical one. Moreover, the tools deployed included voice recorders, questionnaires, and interviews, wherein the language structure was made up of vocabulary. The results reveal that these toponyms emanated from indigenous environmental elements. Hydronyms (i.e., place-names derived from water), Phyto-toponyms (i.e., place-names derived from plants), Zootoponyms, and Memotoponyms play an important role in these toponyms. In terms of morphology, instead of simple names, they are divided into derivatives and compounds. Suffixes are a key component of these toponyms. Moreover, concerning derivative constructions, these toponyms are rooted in Iran''s ancient and middle languages. Such toponyms have undergone phonetic, phonological changes, and dialectal changes from ancient times to the Middle Ages.
Research Paper
Other Related Issues
Maryam Nakhaei; farideh haghbin
Abstract
The increasing impact of advertising on human life is undeniable. The simultaneous use of various communication modes such as visual, linguistic, spatial, aural, and gestural in the form of multimodal texts in this important field can more effectively encourage and persuade the audience to purchase goods ...
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The increasing impact of advertising on human life is undeniable. The simultaneous use of various communication modes such as visual, linguistic, spatial, aural, and gestural in the form of multimodal texts in this important field can more effectively encourage and persuade the audience to purchase goods and services than before. Among these, the role of language and image and their intermodal relationship with each other and with other modes in meaning-making is noteworthy. The present study, while employing a mixed framework in the form of qualitative research of a semiotic type, examines how language and image (static and dynamic) interact in television and print advertisements and also examines the effectiveness of each of these two modes in multimodal advertising texts. The results show that although multimodal texts, as a semantic whole, are the result of the functioning of all modes, each mode has a different impact. In a way that in television advertisements, the share of language in constructing and transmitting meaning is more than the image, but in the print version of the same advertisements, the effectiveness of these two modes is different from each other
Research Paper
Sociology of Language Learning/Teaching
Fatemeh Takallou
Abstract
The study aims to investigate the analytical reasoning skills of Iranian language learners and to examine its potential relationship with their intercultural competence and cultural heritage. For this purpose, a non-random sample of 180 language learners from Fars, Turks, and Kurds were purposefully ...
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The study aims to investigate the analytical reasoning skills of Iranian language learners and to examine its potential relationship with their intercultural competence and cultural heritage. For this purpose, a non-random sample of 180 language learners from Fars, Turks, and Kurds were purposefully selected from different English language institutions in Tehran, Tabriz, and Sanandaj respectively. Participants from a homogenous group, including 120 students, were evaluated based on scores 1 standard deviation above and below the mean, using Nelson's skill test. Three questionnaires related to analytical reasoning, intercultural competence, and cultural heritage were selected for the participants. The collected data were analyzed using statistical methods, such as Pearson's correlation, one-way analysis of variance, and multivariate analysis of variance. The findings of the first hypothesis, stating that there is no statistically significant correlation between analytical reasoning and intercultural ability of English language learners in three separate ethnic groups is confirmed. Meanwhile, the second hypothesis, stating that there is no significant difference in analytical reasoning among the three investigated ethnic groups was rejected, which shows that by assuming a significant difference in analytical reasoning among three ethnic groups, it is possible to emphasize the subtle nature of analytical reasoning among different cultural groups.
Research Paper
Discourse Analysis
forough Taloo Samadi; Farzane Farahzad; Zahra Abolhasani
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The current research is a historical and linguistic study of the first women publications in the post-constitutional era. Examining the demands of women in these publications can be a way to understand the nature of women''s movements until today. In this regard, and to answer how women''s voices are ...
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The current research is a historical and linguistic study of the first women publications in the post-constitutional era. Examining the demands of women in these publications can be a way to understand the nature of women''s movements until today. In this regard, and to answer how women''s voices are expressed in their published works, all the available issues of the two magazines "Shokofeh" and "Zaban Zannan" in the National Library, of Iran as well as a number of books and articles related to the historiography of women''s movements, were used as the corpus of the research. Based on Lacla and Mouffe''s discourse theory, articulations of the dominant discourses of these publications were examined. By taking into account the historical and social conditions the study showed that the confrontation between tradition and modernity played an essential role in the emergence of these discourses. Perhaps it can be concluded that the main signifiers of the discourse of modernity, with the help of the signifiers of the discourse of tradition, led to the formation of empty signifiers, some of which did not enter the social imagination, and emerged as suppressed concepts in other historical periods and in other forms, also brought social movements.
Research Paper
Sociolinguistics
Elham Rajab Dorri; Fatemeh Zand
Abstract
The burgeoning presence of translation narratives in literature and cinema has given rise to the emerging concept of the "fictional turn" in Translation Studies. This approach challenges the traditional view of translators as passive language conduits, instead recognizing them as social actors who actively ...
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The burgeoning presence of translation narratives in literature and cinema has given rise to the emerging concept of the "fictional turn" in Translation Studies. This approach challenges the traditional view of translators as passive language conduits, instead recognizing them as social actors who actively shape meaning. This study delves into the "fictional turn" by analyzing the 2005 film "The Interpreter" by Sydney Pollack. Employing qualitative research design and a case study approach, we explore the social identity of the film's interpreter. Our findings reveal that "The Interpreter" offers a nuanced and complex portrayal of an interpreter's social identity. The protagonist is depicted as a skilled, ethical, yet vulnerable individual caught between cultures and languages, constantly navigating diverse commitments. This study demonstrates how the "fictional turn" provides a valuable framework for understanding the social identity of interpreters in films and other fictional narratives. By embracing this approach, we gain a deeper appreciation for the intricate and multifaceted role interpreters play in today's world.
Research Paper
Sociolinguistics
Yousef Hazrati
Abstract
Bonabi variety is one of the important varieties of Azerbaijani in Iran. Although most of female names in this variety are loan words, but all of these words in speech and casual language are a function of Bonabi variety. The aim of present research is to study the effect of social variables (education ...
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Bonabi variety is one of the important varieties of Azerbaijani in Iran. Although most of female names in this variety are loan words, but all of these words in speech and casual language are a function of Bonabi variety. The aim of present research is to study the effect of social variables (education and age) on the phonetic representation of /e/ in the final syllable of female names in the proposed framework of Labov’s (1966, 2006) in Bonabi variety of Azerbaijani. In this research the method of data collection is interview. 60 female names from 60 native speakers of Bonabi variety were collected. From all of these 60 participants were asked that they introduce themselves. The participants were divided into three groups based on the variables of education and two groups based on age. Due to illiteracy of some participants only the casual and spoken style was studied. The data research were analyzed by means of column charts. The data analysis shows that social variables is effective on the Phonetic representation of /e/ in the final syllable of female names in the Bonabi variety of Azerbaijani. In fact, the phonetic representation of this phoneme is a function of social variables.
Research Paper
Semiotics
Maryam Haji Mohammadjafar; Fatemeh Seyed Ebrahimi Nezhad
Abstract
With the increasing role and strengthened position of advertisements in the personal, commercial, and socio-cultural life of a society, studying it as a phenomenon becomes essential. Among various types of advertisements, those in the field of tourism can better represent the host society's culture. ...
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With the increasing role and strengthened position of advertisements in the personal, commercial, and socio-cultural life of a society, studying it as a phenomenon becomes essential. Among various types of advertisements, those in the field of tourism can better represent the host society's culture. This research, adopting a comparative approach and relying on Lutman's semantic sphere theory, investigates and compares the layers of this phenomenon in the tourist advertisements of Iran and England. The research data were collected from various specialized tourism sources, such as tourism websites and posters shared on social networks. The results showed that action systems in the form of architectural layers bring the discourse in tourism advertisements in Iran and England closer. However, the presence of religious layers in Iranian ads and their absence in English ads highlight the differences in discourse in this category of ads. Thus, while non-cultural elements of architecture and buildings have become a kind of semantic universality in this sphere and are present in all advertisements, non-cultural elements such as special clothing, recreational tools, daily life, and national symbols play a prominent role in the semantic sphere of English advertisements but are absent in Iranian advertisements.
