Semantics
Reza Ghanbari Abdolmaleki
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This article aims to conduct a semiotic analysis of the poem The Sound of Water's Footsteps and its impact on a deeper understanding of contemporary Persian literature. The central research question explores how semiotic elements in this poem contribute to interpreting deeper meanings and what relationships ...
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This article aims to conduct a semiotic analysis of the poem The Sound of Water's Footsteps and its impact on a deeper understanding of contemporary Persian literature. The central research question explores how semiotic elements in this poem contribute to interpreting deeper meanings and what relationships exist between signs and human experiences within the text. To address this, Michael Riffaterre's exploratory reading method serves as the primary theoretical framework. The findings reveal that Sohrab Sepehri, by utilizing natural signs and human experiences, establishes a profound and reciprocal connection between humans and nature. This bond is evident not only on the semantic level but also in the underlying layers of the poem. Moreover, by analyzing elements such as colors, sounds, and emotions, this study seeks to provide a clearer understanding of the poem's structure and its connection to everyday life. Ultimately, this research offers a more precise insight into the role of signs in literature and the unique power of Sepehri's poetry in reflecting human experiences, paving the way for further studies in this field.
Critical Discourse Analysis
Reza Ghanbari Abdolmaleki; Shahrbanou Ghorban Abdolmalaki
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Taking van Dijk's theory and critical approach, this study sought to examine the discursive strategies employed by James Morier in the transformation and representation of Oriental-Iranian life. To do so, by examining Haji Baba Esfahani’s biography novel, the study attempted to answer the following ...
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Taking van Dijk's theory and critical approach, this study sought to examine the discursive strategies employed by James Morier in the transformation and representation of Oriental-Iranian life. To do so, by examining Haji Baba Esfahani’s biography novel, the study attempted to answer the following questions: 1) How did Morier's ideology affect his speech? 2) How are the identity and life of the Eastern-Iranian represented in the speech of this Western and Christian writer? 3) What are the most practical methods and strategies to identify Morier's ideology in the novel? To this end, the authors have critically examined the role of these representations in the production processes of colonial discourse. The data were collected from libraries, and the research method was descriptive-analytical. The findings demonstrated that Morier's discourse contains representations of the East as it has been conceived by Western Orientalists, which is seen as “other” in their ideology and connected to racism. On the basis of this ideology, Morier has attempted to present an unpleasant picture of Iranian society during the Qajar era by changing the negative image and giving himself identity by attributing negative traits to Iranians. It is worth noting that ideological structures are expressed in several ways in the novel’s discourse in terms of “meaning”, “formal structures”, and “rhetoric”.
phonemics
Reza Ghanbari Abdolmaleki; Ailin Firooziyan; Aida Firooziyan
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Hawramaic and Persian languages as Western Iranian languages, were influenced by the Avestan language and were similar in many forms of pronunciation until the Middle Ages. So, the Hawramaic language, due to its proximity to the ancient roots of Persian, is a good source for reviving obsolete forms in ...
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Hawramaic and Persian languages as Western Iranian languages, were influenced by the Avestan language and were similar in many forms of pronunciation until the Middle Ages. So, the Hawramaic language, due to its proximity to the ancient roots of Persian, is a good source for reviving obsolete forms in this language. Since Hawrami has been very cautious about being influenced by the modern Persian language, a number of its dialects, including Abdolmaleki dialect, have retained some of the features of the ancient Persian languages. In this regard, the present study, has examined 76 words in Abdolmaleki dialect, and has explored the Avestan, ancient Persian and Middle Persian roots in them. The method of the present research is descriptive-analytical. Data in the Hawrami language section, has been gathered through interviews with speakers and recording their speech, and in the section of ancient Persian and Pahlavi languages, data has been collected from the books "History of Persian language" and "Small culture of Pahlavi language", by Khanlari and Mackenzie, respectively. The most salient finding of the present study indicates that the phonemes /a/, /i/, /v/, /č/, /h/, /ž/, /k/, /n/ are the remnants of ancient and medieval periods.
