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Aref Amiri
Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Linguistics, Department Member
- University of Isfahan, Linguistics, Department Memberadd
- PhD candidate of linguistics.edit
The occurrence of the suffix" –u" either as an inflectional, or a derivational morpheme is a well-known feature of Kermani dialect. A common feature among all the words which end in "-u" is that they occur in an informal and colloquial... more
The occurrence of the suffix" –u" either as an inflectional, or a derivational morpheme is a well-known feature of Kermani dialect. A common feature among all the words which end in "-u" is that they occur in an informal and colloquial context. This study aims at analyzing the occurrence of the words which end in "-u" in two written, but colloquial discourses including conversation and narrative in order to answer these questions: what are the word classes that suffix "-u" occurs with? What is the difference between these two discourses regarding the frequency and variety of words with the suffix "-u"? , and what is the difference between boys and girls regarding the use of such words in their group conversations? Two written corpuses both in colloquial style including ironic narratives, and two group conversations between 15 girls (3000 words) and 15 boys (3000 words) (college prep students) in “whatsApp” virtual group chats each consisted of 6000 words were analyzed using a descriptive-analytic approach. The results show that in narratives, "-u" may be attached to nouns (proper names, kinship terms, cloths, animals, foods, and things), adjectives, adverbs, and compound verbs (204 tokens). The variety and frequency of "-u" is less in conversations (77 token), and there was no occurrence of this suffix with nouns referring to cloths, adverbs, and compound verbs. Also, boys use more of these kinds of words in their conversations (66 tokens) than girls (10 tokens).
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This article aims at analyzing and comparing Persian Pop Lyrics. In this research, a descriptive-analytic method is used, and the analysis is done according to Baker (2006) which is based on the integration of critical discourse analysis... more
This article aims at analyzing and comparing Persian Pop Lyrics. In this research, a descriptive-analytic method is used, and the analysis is done according to Baker (2006) which is based on the integration of critical discourse analysis and corpus linguistics. Independent variables are genre, gender of the lyricist, and time, and dependent variables are lexical differences including frequent words, keywords, and collocations. The hypotheses are as follows: there are significant quantitative and qualitative differences in lexical choices between two genres (social and love lyrics). Gender of the lyricist has a significant impact on lexical choices in the lyrics; Pre-revolution and post-revolution lyrics are significantly different regarding lexical choices. In order to answer these questions, a corpus of 1000 Persian Pop Lyrics has been analyzed by analytical tools of the corpus analysis software, Wordsmith, and SPSS. The results of this investigation are as follows: social and love lyrics have significant differences in terms of frequent words, keywords and collocations. Gender of the lyricist has a significant impact on the lexical choices in the lyrics. Also, the results show a significant difference between pre-revolution and post-revolution lyrics regarding the lexical choices. So, all of the hypotheses in this study are confirmed.
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This research aims at critical analysis of love metaphor in the corpus of Persian lyrics in love and social Pop songs from a cognitive point of view in order to find out what are the significant differences between the metaphoric... more
This research aims at critical analysis of love metaphor in the corpus of Persian lyrics in love and social Pop songs from a cognitive point of view in order to find out what are the significant differences between the metaphoric representations of love in these two genres. The analysis is based on the conceptual metaphors classified as structural, ontological and orientational metaphors. The research hypotheses are as follows: Conceptual metaphors of love in both genres can be classified into structural, ontological and orientational categories. The ways of conceptualization of love in structural, ontological and orientational metaphors show quantitative and qualitative significant differences in love and social lyrics. The sample consists of 150 lyrics (75 songs in each genre) which have been selected using corpus and computational methods from the corpus of contemporary Persian songs consisted of 1000 songs (177377 words) (Amiri, 1395). 219 metaphors were analyzed. Findings show that ontological (N: 119), structural (N: 98) and orientational (N: 2) had the most and the least frequencies. Two conceptual keys, LOVE IS UNITY, and LOVE IS FORCE were identified. The occurrence of all metaphors in LOVE IS UNITY is significantly higher than social lyrics and in LOVE IS FORCE the LOVE IS MOTIVE is higher than love lyrics. Statistical analysis shows that the difference between two genres in LOVE IS BURNING / CAUSE / JOURNEY / PLANT, LOVE IS UNITY as the conceptual key are significant (P<0.05).
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This study aimed at analyzing and Comparing the written narrative structures of fourth and fifth-grade students with and without learning disabilities in Tehran. Method: The present study was descriptive-analytic. The statistical... more
This study aimed at analyzing and Comparing the written narrative structures of fourth and fifth-grade students with and without learning disabilities in Tehran. Method: The present study was descriptive-analytic. The statistical population comprised of 10-12-year-old male students with and without learning disabilities in Tehran. The sample consisted of 20 male students with learning disabilities and 20 normal students (20 in the 4th and 20 in the 5th grade) selected using convenience sampling. A researcher-made reading test (a picture story) was used to elicit written narratives. The students were asked to rewrite the story after reading it. Their writings were assessed in terms of the number of words, mean length of utterance (MLU), and the complexity of the structure on macro- (character, setting, internal response, plan, action, and consequence) and micro- (coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, mental and verbal processes, and extended noun phrases) structure levels. Data were analyzed using independent samples t-test. Results: The normal students received 195 and 143 points, while the students with learning disabilities received 170 and 116 points on macro- and micro-structure levels. Both groups had better results on the macro-structure level. They both gained the highest score in character and the lowest score in plan on the macrostructure, and the highest scores in mental and verbal processes and the lowest score in extended noun phrases on the micro-structure level. The difference between the students’ scores in subordinating conjunctions and action was significant (p ≤ 0.05). Also, the difference between the two groups was significant in terms of the number of words and MLU (p ≤ 0.05), and normal students produced longer narratives. Conclusion: The group with learning disabilities had a weaker performance on all linguistic categories, except for character. This difference was especially evident in terms of coordinating and subordinating conjunctions, action, plan, and extended noun phrases.
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Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis by Paul Baker is published by Continuum, in 2006 and consists of 207 pages. The book focuses on two main subjects and creating a connection between them: discourse analysis and corpus linguistics.... more
Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis by Paul Baker is published by Continuum, in 2006 and consists of 207 pages. The book focuses on two main subjects and creating a connection between them: discourse analysis and corpus linguistics. Discourse analysis which is an interdisciplinary field by nature has recently been the focus of many linguistic studies, especially the ones that are related to sociolinguistics. A corpus is a collection of written or spoken texts that can be used as data in linguistic descriptions and analyses. Analyzing a linguistic corpus which is usually done by computers, can be very comprehensive and can cover lots of textual facts. The main objective of this book is to show that it is possible to combine a proper analysis of linguistic elements with a socio-critical interpretation of these features. Some of the strong points of the book are as follows: a comprehensive account of methodological aspects, using real examples, displaying the procedures using figures and diagrams, and explaining the advantages and disadvantages of the suggested methods. Baker introduces different and various data analysis methods, which can be used in corpus-based discourse analysis. In this article, Using Corpora in Discourse Analysis by Paul Baker is reviewed, and its strong and weak points are discussed.