The Oxford Handbook of Persian Linguistics
Edited by Anousha Sedighi and Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi
Abstract
The Oxford Handbook of Persian Linguistics is a comprehensive volume that offers a detailed overview of the field of Persian linguistics, discusses its development, and captures critical accounts of the cutting edge research within the major subfields of Persian linguistics. The handbook also discusses current debates and suggests productive lines of future research. Chapters are authored by internationally renowned leading scholars in the major subfields. The outline of the book is as follows: Chapter 1 is the introduction; Chapter 2 discusses the linguistic change from the Old to the New Persian; Chapter 3 is a discussion on the typological approaches and dialects; Chapter 4 focuses on phonetics, Chapter 5 on phonology, and Chapter 6 on the prosody. Chapter 7 focuses on generative approaches to Persian syntax, while Chapter 8 discusses other approaches to Persian syntax. Chapter 9 focuses on specific features of Persian syntax. Chapter 10 is on morphology, Chapter 11 on lexicography, and Chapter 12 introduces the Academy of Persian Language and Literature. Chapter 13 is on sociolinguistics, while Chapter 14 discusses language contact and multiculturalism in Iran. Chapter 15 discusses Persian as a heritage language and Chapter 16 is on Persian language pedagogy. Chapter 17 is focused on psycholinguistics, Chapter 18 on neurolinguistics, and Chapter 19 is on computational linguistics. The handbook, in one volume, gives critical expression to the Persian language and as such is a great resource for scholars, advanced students, and those researching in related areas.
Keywords:
Persian,
phonetics,
phonology,
morphology,
syntax,
lexicography,
sociolinguistics,
heritage language,
teaching Persian,
psycholinguistics,
neurolinguistics,
computational linguistics
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Print Publication Date:
- Aug 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198736745
- Published online:
- Sep 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198736745.001.0001
Editors
Anousha Sedighi,
editor
Anousha Sedighi is Professor of Persian and Persian Program Head at Portland State University. She received her PhD in Linguistics from the University of Ottawa in 2005. She has published on syntax, morphology, and teaching Persian as a heritage language. Her first book, Agreement Restrictions in Persian, was published in 2008 by Rozenberg and Purdue University Press and republished in 2011 by Leiden University Press and University of Chicago Press. Her second book, Persian in Use: An Elementary Textbook of Language and Culture, was published in 2015 by Leiden University Press and University of Chicago Press. She served as the President of the American Association of Teachers of Persian (2014–16) and she currently sits in the executive board of the National Council of Less Commonly Taught Languages.
Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi,
editor
Pouneh Shabani-Jadidi is Senior Lecturer of Persian Language and Linguistics at McGill University. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Ottawa (2012) as well as a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from Tehran Azad University (2004). She has taught Persian language and linguistics as well as Persian literature and translation at McGill University, the University of Oxford, the University of Chicago, and Tehran Azad University since 1997. She has published on morphology, psycholinguistics, translation, teaching Persian as a second language, and second language acquisition. Some of her representative publications are Processing Compound Verbs in Persian: A Psycholinguistic Approach to Complex Predicates (Leiden and University of Chicago Press, 2014), The Routledge Introductory Persian Course and The Routledge Intermediate Persian Course (2010, 2012, with Dominic Brookshaw), as well as What the Persian Media Says (Routledge, 2015). She is the translator of The Thousand Families: Commentary on Leading Political Figures of Nineteenth Century Iran, by Ali Shabani (Peter Lang, 2018, with Patricia Higgins). She serves as reviewer for International Journal of Iranian Studies, International Journal of Applied Linguistics, Sage Open Journal, Frontiers in Psychology, International Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, and LINGUA. Currently, she is president of the American Association of Teachers of Persian (2018–2020).
