Forms of Address in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Persian: A Sociolinguistic Analysis.

Keshavarz, Mohammad Hossein

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ERIC Number: EJ382283

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Publication Date: 1988

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Forms of Address in Post-Revolutionary Iranian Persian: A Sociolinguistic Analysis.

Keshavarz, Mohammad Hossein

Language in Society, v17 n4 p565-75 Dec 1988

Provides a sociolinguistic account of the forms of address used in present-day Iranian Persian. The shift from power to solidarity as a result of the Islamic Revolution has resulted in a sociolinguistic simplification of address forms. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Patterns, Persian, Social Change, Sociolinguistics, Uncommonly Taught Languages

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Iran

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