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Journal of Linguistics and Khorasan Dialects disseminates peer reviewed original research results in the field of linguistics, phonology, phonemics, semantics, discourse analysis, historical linguistics, socio-linguistics, psycholinguistics, and dialectology in both print and open-access formats. The journal aims at providing a forum that links fields, theories, research methods, and scholarly discourses in linguistics. Contributions must be written exclusively in Persian.

Open access policy: Journal "Linguistics and Dialects of Khorasan" under the permission of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad; Fully complies with the open access release requirements under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). According to this license, users are allowed to read, download, copy, share, print, search and link to the full text of the articles. It should be noted that the full text of the published articles is available to the readers for free and without the need to register in the journal.

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Linguistics
Diachronic Investigation of Persian Kinship Terminology

Elaheh Fathian; Mehrdad Naghzguy Kohan

Volume 16, Issue 2 , November 2024, Pages 32-1

Abstract
  All societies use kinship terms to address and refer to one’s kin. Most studies dealing with kin terms have been done based on consanguineal and affinal kin criteria. In some societies, kin relations are established by other criteria. Therefore, cultural differences must be taken into account but ...  Read More

Linguistic typology
Lexical Field and Language Universals Analysis of Body Parts in Persian and English: A Typological Approach

Vali Rezai; Mahdeih Abbaspour

Volume 16, Issue 2 , November 2024, Pages 53-33

Abstract
  This study employed a typological approach to examine the terminology used for lower body parts in Persian and English. The aim was to identify commonalities and divergences in the naming and categorization of the parts of the lower limb, while also assessing the validity of proposed linguistic universals ...  Read More

Semantics
An Analysis of Meaning Generation Processes through Discourse Semiotic Systems in the Story of Zal and Roudabeh

Seyed Mohammad Hosseini Maasoum; Marjan Akbari

Volume 16, Issue 2 , November 2024, Pages 82-55

Abstract
  Discourse semiotics is a discipline that carries out a process study of language. This discipline considers the sign as the source and meaning as the goal of its work. Semiotics chooses discourse as its field of work. Since literature is one of the examples of dynamic discourses, discourse semiotics ...  Read More

Linguistic typology
A Contrastive Analysis of Persian and Korean Syllable Structure based on Typological Universals

Hamed Mowlaei Kuhbanani; Hossein Bazoubandi

Volume 16, Issue 2 , November 2024, Pages 106-83

Abstract
  Contrastive analysis is based on structural linguistics and tries to facilitate second language learning by focusing on the current phonological, morphological, and syntactic differences of languages. The goal of this study was to compare and contrast the syllables of Persian and Korean according to ...  Read More

phonemics
Substitution of Short Vowels in English and Arabic Words borrowed by Persian: A Comparative Study

Bashir Jam

Volume 16, Issue 2 , November 2024, Pages 127-107

Abstract
  Sound substitution is a process whereby a phoneme in a loanword is replaced by its closest phone in the borrowing language. English and Arabic share short vowels /I/ and /U/ which are absent in Persian. This comparative study aimed at explaining how these vowels are substituted in Persian within the ...  Read More

Developing, Implementing, and Evaluating an Online Placement Test based on Faraz Farsi Educational Collection

zahra Hajibagheri; Mahinnaz Mirdehghan Farashah

Volume 16, Issue 2 , November 2024, Pages 159-129

Abstract
  Placement test is a test with the purpose of providing information that determines the appropriate level of the learners in an educational course according to their abilities. Due to the rapid development of technology and its application in the field of education, testing has changed from pen and paper-based ...  Read More

A Comparative Study of Linguistic Romanticism in the Poems of Ebtehaj and Ansi al-Haj using a Cognitive Approach
Volume 15, Issue 3 , December 2023, , Pages 143-121

Abstract
  Cognitive linguistics, as one of the main categories of cognitive science, looks at language as a tool for discovering the structure of the human cognitive system. Cognitive semantics, as one of the basic fields of cognitive linguistics, has various theories such as image schemas, conceptual fusion, ...  Read More

The Representation of Body Names in Expressing Emotions: A Typological View
Volume 15, Issue 3 , December 2023, , Pages 27-1

Abstract
  Lexical typology is related to the specific ways in which languages incorporate meaning into words. In this way, lexical typology, which deals with words, can be considered a sub-branch of semantic typology. Recently, studies in cognitive linguistics have shown how body parts act as a source for conceptualizing ...  Read More

A Study of the Differences Between the Kurmanji Dialect of Biglar and Other Kurmanji Dialects of the Neighboring Villages
Volume 5, Issue 8 , April 2013, , Pages 1-19

Abstract
  Kurmanji is probably the most well known variety of Kurdish Language. Apart from such countries as Turkey, Iraq, Syria, and some areas in western Iran, it is spoken in Khorasan-e Shomali and Khorasan-e Razavi Provinces in north-east Iran. The residents of Biglar –a village near Quchan in north-west ...  Read More

Patriarchy and Social Linguistics in Poetry; A Case Study of the Concept of Patriarchy in Iranian Myths
Volume 15, Issue 3 , December 2023, , Pages 89-53

Abstract
  Language can be studied from various perspectives. One of the methods for studying linguistic variations in society is examining cultural sources such as stories, novels, musical productions, poems, and ancient myths. Among the topics that have received significant attention in the media and have an ...  Read More

Thalamus and Bilingualism: Evidence from fMRI
Volume 15, Issue 3 , December 2023, , Pages 51-29

Abstract
  Bilingualism is associated with structural adaptations of subcortical regions taking part in controlling multiple languages. The thalamus is a paired gray matter structure located near the center of the brain, regulating the information transmission to cortical regions. In a recent fMRI study, the sensitivity ...  Read More

Computational Analysis of the Common Barahui Language Variety in the South of Kerman

Aliye Nakheipur Tezerj

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 October 2024

Abstract
  The present study, by adopting a computational -quantitative approach and applying modern dialectometric methods, uses aggregative analysis for Barahui dialect common in Rudbar-e jonub dialect located in Kerman province. In this regard, with the help of the software packages of dilatometry and mapping, ...  Read More

Language and Care: A Qualitative Study of Iranian Language Learners' Perceptions Based on Noddings' and Logstrup’s Care Theory

sahar malekian; Seyyed Mohammad Reza Adel; Mohammad Davoudi; Saeed Ghaniabadi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 08 November 2024

Abstract
  The main objective of this qualitative study was to examine the relationships between teachers and language learners based on the care theory proposed by Noddings (1998) and Logstrup (1997). In this research, the concept of care is explored in relation to linguistic aspects such as verbal interaction ...  Read More

Qualitative Analysis of Language Instruction in the Context of the Internet from the Perspective of Applied Linguistics from the Perspective of Applied Linguistics

Tayebe Sarlak; Fatemeh Moafian

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 20 November 2024

Abstract
  Face-to-face education closed during the Corona era, leading to online education. To utilize this significant aspect to its full potential and prepare for other emergencies, it is essential to examine its dimensions in detail. The teachers who attended this training may have valuable feedback about its ...  Read More

Linguistic review the oldest Persian calendars text in Manichean script

fatemeh hashemi zadeh abarghooei; arman bakhtiary

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 20 November 2024

Abstract
  Text M150 is one of the Manichaean manuscripts in early new Persian language of the Berlin academy of sciences. Müller in the same year of deciphering Manichaean script in 1904 read more sections of the texts and released it. Most of its parts are damaged and contains many Arabic words. This text contains ...  Read More

Phonotactic Principles in Azerbaijani Turkish Language Ardabil Dialect

Roshan Babaalipour; Seyed Mohammad Razinezhad; Mohammad Reza Oroji

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 23 November 2024

Abstract
  This article presents the phonotactic principles dominant in Azerbaijani Turkish language Ardabil dialect in Optimality Theory. Phonotactics refers to the constraints on the co-occurrence of sounds within a language. Based on these constraints, one can determine which consonants can appear together in ...  Read More

Review, critique and analysis of the equivalent vocabulary of the first and second secondary biology textbooks

mehdi mohammadinia; sima nabipour; ahmad mojavezi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 26 November 2024

Abstract
  The field of word selection or equalization is one of the fields that the experts of the Persian Language and Literature Academy have decided to use organized and methodical word selection in order to comply with the principles of preserving the Persian language and for the survival of the Persian language ...  Read More

Morph Movement as a Vowel Hiatus Resolution in Kalhori Kurdish: an Optimality-theoretic Account

Mehdi Fattahi; Tahereh Jafari

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 03 December 2024

Abstract
  The phenomenon of morph movement is extremely rare and, in Kalhori Kurdish, it applies to the third-person singular pronominal clitic, motivated by the need to avoid vowel hiatus. Fattahi and Kord Zafranlou Kambouzia (2013) investigated one example of this method for resolving vowel hiatus in Kalhori ...  Read More

Acoustic Features and rate of change of diphthongs of Khaf dialect

Navid Firouzi; Mohammad Sahebi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 07 December 2024

Abstract
  In this study, after introducing the diphthongs of the Khafi dialect and providing examples of words containing these diphthongs, experimental results for measuring the acoustic characteristics of these diphthongs are presented, examined, and analyzed. This paper is part of an extensive research project ...  Read More

Explanation of the phrasal compounds in Persian within DM and Harley (2008) & Siddiqi (2009) approach

Omolbanin Khazaei; shoja Tafakkori rezayi; Nahid Eslamihonar; Hedi Mardokhi

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 13 December 2024

Abstract
  Explanation of the phrasal compounds in Persian within DM and Harley (2008) & Siddiqi (2009) approach Abstract In this research we studied phrasal compounds in Persian within Distributed Morphology and Harley (2008) & Siddiqi (2009) approach to determine the existence of phrasal compounds in ...  Read More

An Inquiry into Social and Communicative Aspects of Metaphor in election debates: A Complex Dynamic Systems Approach to Metaphor Analysis

Mahmood Naghizadeh

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 24 December 2024

Abstract
  Abstract Dynamical systems approach provides a theoretical framework for describing metaphor in face-to-face conversation and rests on the idea that metaphor is not static mapping between domains; it is considered as a temporary stability that emerges from the interaction of interconnected systems of ...  Read More

Prospective aspect and serial verbs constructions in Persian

Vali Rezai; Azadeh Sokhanafarin

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 24 December 2024

Abstract
  A phasal construction is one of the inter-clausal relations that demonstrate the stages from the beginning to the end of an event. A proximative aspect is one the types of phasal constructions, which is the phase of preinceptive and shows the probability of an event. In Persian language, progressive ...  Read More

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