Linguistic/cultural differences of learners’ native language with English as a foreign language, gender and English proficiency level are among those numerous variables which affect English learning and its quality in Iranian context. The present study was an attempt to illuminate the effects of these variables on performing integrative approach of general English tests (cloze test and recall t...

the writers of the present article have tried to explain the origin and the meanings of the word a’jam. to achieve this purpose, the authors have consulted different persian and arabic dictionaries as well as different works of prose and poetry. the writers also tried to prove the suggestion that says this word is originally persian and is derived from the name of jamshid (the mythical king of ...

Despite the fact that Arabic and Persian languages ​​are derived from two different origins, they have had a very close interaction throughout historical periods due to continuous communication between Iranian Arab peoples, in this way, influence of ​​has created works. Has left each one other, which may not be seen any other languages. Unlike civilizations such as Egyptian civilization, forgot...

The medieval Middle East, at the crossroads of Africa and Eurasia, included more distinct yet intersecting literary traditions in languages than any other part premodern world. While several these were religiously demarcated, others such as Arabic Persian multireligious written cultures. Despite this, religious diversity this region is often conceptualized separate communities who sometimes int...

this study aims to show the changes of the image of arabic/persian other in the novels of iranian author, ahmad mahmud and arabic author¬, abd al-rahman munif. in this comparative study, we follow the both of american and russian schools in comparative literature that focus on common and uncommon points between literary works. the study has divided in two sections: “the image of other and its r...

Low-density languages raise difficulties for standard approaches to natural language processing that depend on large online corpora. Using Persian as a case study, we propose a novel method for bootstrapping MT capability for a low-density language in the case where it relates to a higher density variant. Tajiki Persian is a low-density language that uses the Cyrillic alphabet, while Iranian Pe...