Oral Narration in Iranian Cultures

Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-3-7520-0640-7
Verlag: Reichert Verlag

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 490 g

Reihe: Beiträge zur Iranistik

The series Beiträge zur Iranistik was founded in the 1960s by Georges Redard and subsequently edited by Nicholas Sims-Williams from 1997 to 2020; the present series editor is Agnes Korn.

The series publishes works on the languages of the Iranian branch of Indo-European. The focus is on linguistics, including grammars, dictionaries, text editions, philology as well as diachronic and synchronic studies of linguistic topics. Neighbouring fields such as literature, archaeology and anthropology are likewise represented. The languages of the series are English, German and French. The Beiträge zur Iranistik are represented in libraries internationally and are widely used standard works of Iranian studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nourzaei, Maryam

Jahani, Carina

Korn, Agnes

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Naher & Mittlerer Osten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Oral History (Zeitzeugen)

Über Autor(innen)

Maryam Nourzaei:

Born in 1979, M.A. general linguistic (2010), Shiraz (‘Olum va Tahqiqat University), Iran.
PhD in Iranian Languages (2017), Uppsala University, Sweden, (title of dissertation: Participant reference in three Balochi dialects: Male and female narrations of folktales and biographical tales).
2018-2021: Research project The emergence of definiteness in new West Iranian languages: tracing a new grammaticalization pathway), Uppsala University and Universität Bamberg.
Current position: Research project Mamabies among the Afro-Baloch community Social status and cultural heritage of a low caste community in Iran, Uppsala University (since November 2021).
Main areas of research: The Balochi language and Balochi oral traditions, documentation of endangered languages and oral traditions, the Kholosi and Jadgali languages, culture studies, grammaticalization, language contact and definiteness in New Western Iranian Languages.

Carina Jahani:

Born in 1959, B.A. studies in Iranian languages, Greek and Arabic at Uppsala University, Sweden (1981-1983),
PhD in Iranian Languages 1989 (title of dissertation: Standardization and Orthography in the Balochi Language). University lecturer in Iranian languages (Uppsala University) since 1990,
field studies in Pakistani and Iranian Balochistan 1986-87, 1988, 1994, 1997,
associate professor 1998, professor of Iranian studies, Uppsala University, 2005
main areas of research: the Balochi language and its literature, modern and Classical Persian grammar, sociolinguistics, contact linguistics.

Agnes Korn:
Born 1967. Studies in Indo-European studies, Indology and Iranian studies in Hamburg and Vienna (MA 1996), doctoral studies in Comparative Linguistics / Indo-European Studies in Frankfurt a.M. (PhD 2003), habilitation in Comparative Linguistics in Frankfurt a.M. (Privatdozentin 2010).
Lecturer of German as a Foreign Language in Banská Bystrica / Slovakia (1995-96), work for the Austrian Academy of Sciences / department of Iranian studies (1996-97) and on a lexicographical project Persian-German at the University of Graz (1996-98).
Researcher at the Department for Comparative Linguistics / Empirical Linguistics at the Goethe Universität Frankfurt a.M. (1998-2015).
Since 2015 senior researcher at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) in Paris / France.
Main interests: diachronic and synchronic grammar of Iranian languages, description and documentation of minority languages.