Modern Spoken Persian in Contemporary Iranian Novels : : An analysis of selected 21st century novels / / Katarzyna Wasala.

• Superior document: TRANSitions
• VerfasserIn: Wasala, Katarzyna,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany : : Brill,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Transitions after 50 series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (209 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Body -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The aim of the research project -- 1.2 Source material -- 1.3 Organization of the book -- 1.4 Notes on transcription and notational conventions -- Chapter 2. Theoretical framework -- 2.1 Variation in language. Basic definitions -- 2.2 Spoken and written language. Functional variation and the notion of register -- 2.3 Analytical framework for the study of register -- 2.4 Diglossia: a special kind of hierarchized registral variation -- 2.5 Linguistic change in progress -- 2.6 Linguistic variable -- 2.7 Methods applied in present research -- Chapter 3. State of the research -- 3.1 Defining Modern Persian -- 3.2 Modern New Persian language. An overview -- 3.3 From old to modern: historical development of Persian -- 3.3.1 Old Persian -- 3.3.2 Middle Persian -- 3.3.3 New Persian -- 3.3.4 Modern Persian -- 3.4 The status of spoken and written Persian in contemporary writings in Iran and abroad -- 3.4.1 Early writings on modern Persian (18th - early 20th century) -- 3.4.2 Early 20th century writings about Colloquial Persian -- descriptive grammars -- 3.5 Contemporary theoretical approaches to the study of Modern Persian -- 3.5.1 Stylistic approach -- 3.5.2 Functionalist approach -- 3.5.3 Diglossic approach -- 3.5.4 Sociolinguistic approach -- 3.5.5 Anthropological approach -- 3.6 Terminological plurality -- Chapter 4. Analysis of source material -- 4.1 General remarks -- 4.2 Description of the chosen source material -- 4.2.1 Dāryu Mehrǧuyi, Dar xarābāt-e moqān [In the tavern] -- 4.2.2 Maryam Ǧa'fari, —ahr-āub [Femme fatale] -- 4.2.3 Farhād Ǧa'fari, Kāfe Piyāno [Café Piano] -- 4.2.4 Zoyā Pirzād, Ādat mikonim [We'll get used to it] -- 4.2.5 Rezā Qāsemi, Hamnavāyi-ye abāne-ye orkestr-e čubhā [Nocturnal Harmony of the Orchestra of Woods].

4.3 Method of the analysis - an outline -- 4.3.1 First reading -- 4.3.2 Qualitative analysis -- 4.3.3 Listing parameters found in analyzed forms -- 4.3.4 Consulting created list with descriptive grammars of Modern Persian -- 4.3.5 Second reading and quantitative analysis -- 4.3.6 Quantitative analysis. Presentation of the results -- 4.3.7 Conclusions -- Chapter 5. Presentation of the results -- 5.1 Discussion of the parameters -- 5.1.1 Phonological -- 5.1.2 Morphological -- 5.1.3 Syntactic -- 5.1.4 Lexical -- 5.2 Parameter distribution in analyzed books -- 5.2.1 Dar xarābāt-e moqān -- 5.2.2 —ahr-āub -- 5.2.3 Kafe Piyāno -- 5.2.4 Ādat mikonim -- 5.2.5 Hamnavāyi-ye abāne-ye orkestr-e čubhā -- 5.3 Patterns of parameter distribution -- Chapter 6. Final Conclusions -- 6.1 Revision of the hypotheses. MSP in literature -- 6.2 MSP parameters as linguistic variables, change in progress-historical reference -- 6.3 Ideas for future research -- List of figures and tables -- References -- Appendices -- Appendix 1. List of the quoted examples with original spelling and expected MWP form -- Appendix 2. Quantitative analysis data table (summary) -- Appendix 3. Summary in English -- Appendix 4. Summary in Polish.