The M.A. program in General Linguistics was established in 1985 in Dr. Ali Shariati Faculty of Letters and Humanities at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in order to provide all candidates with a common set of core courses that offer them an excellent preparation for a professional degree or for subsequent specialization at the doctorate level. The program's aim is to instruct the students in the major areas of linguistics theories and methods of linguistics analysis.

Founded in 1997, the Master’s program in Teaching Persian Language to Non-Persian was designed to train students who will play an active role in theory and practice in such areas as teaching Persian as a second or foreign language, and developing curriculums and educational materials. Another aim of the program is to train Persian-language teachers. Students will acquire extensive knowledge of Persian-language education, psychology of teaching and applied linguistics and also improve their research abilities by refining their expertise in this field of study.

The PhD program started admitting students in 1998 in Linguistics with the aim of training professionals with close relation to a certain language and area by cultivating practical language abilities. The program is also planned to enhance students’ professional capabilities through critical analysis and also give them the opportunity to access international learning communities through research groups.

The major subjects covered in this program are: Morphology and Syntax, General Linguistics, Discourse Analysis and Pragmatics, Teaching Persian Language to Non-Persian Speakers, Phonetics and Phonology, and Semantics. More

Academic staff

Ali Alizadeh

Associate Professor

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Homepage: http://alalizadeh.profcms.um.ac.ir

Azam Estaji

Associate Professor

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Homepage: http://estagi.profcms.um.ac.ir

Ali Izanloo

Assistant Professor

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Homepage: http://aliizanloo.profcms.um.ac.ir

Mohammad Reza Pahlavannezhad

Associate Professor

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Homepage: http://pahlavan.profcms.um.ac.ir

Shahla Sharifi

Associate Professor

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Homepage: http://sh-sharifi.profcms.um.ac.ir

Research

Recent journal articles

Heidarypour, M., Pahlavannezhad, M., & Kahani, M. (2023). The role of corpus linguistics in sentiment analysis of Persian texts, case study: a Farsi news agency website. Onomazein, 60 (60), 106-121.

Omidkhoda, V., Alizadeh, A., & Kamyabi Gol, A. (2023). Grammatical categorization based on frequent frames in Persian child-directed speech. First Language, 0 (0), 1-17.

Recent theses and dissertations

Mizban, E. (2023). A historical and typological analysis of extraposition in new Persian prose with special reference to narrative texts. , ( Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Farkhondeh Kalat, A. (2023). Investigating the style of some Persian short stories using the theory of conceptual blending. , (Doctoral dissertation of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Vahabmoghadam, D. (2023). Analyzing the denial discourse of juvenile delinquents. , (Doctoral dissertation of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Abbaszadeh, F. (2023). The Recognition and Evaluation of Hate Speech in Persian Tweets. , (Doctoral dissertation of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Abdeahad, N. (2023). Sentiment Analysis of Implicit Comments in Social Media about Marriage and Childbearing based on Appraisal Theory and. , (Doctoral dissertation of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Vaezi Nezhad, Z. (2023). The Analysis of English Tweets on Islamophobia Hashtag. , (Doctoral dissertation of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Jafari Fesharaki, S. (2023). Reviwing and Analyzing the Content of Persian Language Teaching Books of Al-Mustafa Society(PARSA) by Using the Content Review Checklist of AZFA Educational Resources. , (Master's thesis of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Karimi, H. (2023). Comparison of Highlands Metadiscourse Markers in a Number of Farsi and English Instagram Posts with the Theme of New Year. , (Master's thesis of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Ziyayi Quchan Atiqe, E. (2023). Studying the Effect of Phonological Awareness on Math Performance of Female Second- Grade Elementary Students. , (Master's thesis of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Gholami, S. (2023). the comparison of representation for disappointment concept in the original text of the Midnight Library novel and its Farsi translation f. , (Master's thesis of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Abdollahiyan, S. (2023). A Comparative Discourse Analysis of Social Actors Representation in the Persian Translation of the Story of Joseph in the Torah and the Holy Quran. , (Master's thesis of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Fouladin, M. (2023). A Comparative Approach to a Cultural Linguistic Study of Optimism and Pessimism in English and Persian. , (Doctoral dissertation of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Karami, A. (2023). The way of Perceiving and encoding the Five Senses in Kalhori Kurdish from Sensory linguistics perspective. , (Doctoral dissertation of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Parandefaruji, P. (2023). The Study of Contextual Meaning of Modal Verb Bayad on the Basis of Hallidays Functional Grammar. , (Master's thesis of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Saeedi, M. (2023). The analysis and comparison of the types of linguistic sexism in the Persian Pop songs of the 50th and 90 th decade based on the Mills theory. , (Master's thesis of Linguistics). Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad.

Contact Information

Iran, Mashhad, Azadi Square, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Dr. Ali Shariati Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Department of Linguistics

Phone: +985138796829-33

Fax: +985138794144

Postal code: 917794883