Language, Status, and Power in Iran
Language: en
Pages: 284
Authors: William O. Beeman
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1986-10-22 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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"... excellent example... significant contribution... an important interdisciplinary work... " -- Middle East Journal "... an important contribution to aspects
English in Post-Revolutionary Iran
Language: en
Pages: 204
Authors: Maryam Borjian
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013 - Publisher: Multilingual Matters

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This book unravels the story of English, the language of "the enemies", in post-revolutionary Iran. Situating English within the nation's broader social, politi
Nationalizing Iran
Language: en
Pages: 200
Authors: Afshin Marashi
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-01 - Publisher: University of Washington Press

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When Naser al-Din Shah, who ruled Iran from 1848 to 1896, claimed the title Shadow of God on Earth, his authority rested on premodern conceptions of sacred king
The Sociolinguistics of Iran’s Languages at Home and Abroad
Language: en
Pages: 294
Authors: Seyed Hadi Mirvahedi
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-06-29 - Publisher: Springer

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This book examines the sociolinguistics of some of Iran’s languages at home and in the diaspora. The first part of the book examines the politics of minority
Power and Change in Iran
Language: en
Pages: 329
Authors: Daniel Brumberg
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-04-04 - Publisher: Indiana University Press

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“By a wide margin, this book is the most sophisticated treatment of the internal dynamics and paradoxes of Iranian politics that I know of.” —Nader Hashem