Lotfollah Yarmohammadi
Lotfollah Yarmohammadi | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1933 |
| Died | 2021 (aged 88) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Indiana Bloomington (PhD) |
| Thesis | A Contrastive Study of Modern English and Modern Persian (1965) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Linguist |
Sub-discipline | Discourse analysis |
| Institutions | Shiraz University |
Lotfollah Yarmohammadi (1933–2021) was an Iranian linguist who was emeritus professor of linguistics at Shiraz University.[1] He is known for his expertise on discourse analysis. Yarmohammadi was a permanent member of the Academy of Sciences of Iran. Yarmohammadi died in 2021, at the age of 88.[2][3]
Early life and education
Lotfollah Yarmohammadi was born on 23 July 1933 in Farahan, Iran. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Daneshsara-ye Aali (Teachers education College) in Tehran in 1958. He later continued his studies at Indiana University Bloomington, where he earned a master's degree in English in 1960 and a Ph.D. in linguistics in 1965. His doctoral dissertation, A Contrastive Study of Modern English and Modern Persian, examined the structural differences between English and Persian and reflected his long-standing interest in contrastive linguistics and language education.[4]
Books
- Introduction to Phonetics, Tehran: Iran University Press
- Basic Persian for speakers of other languages, Shiraz: Navid Shiraz
References
- ↑ Borjian, Maryam (2013). English in Post-Revolutionary Iran: From Indigenization to Internationalization. Multilingual Matters. ISBN 9781847699084.
- ↑ "Prof. Lotfollah Yarmohammadi". Yarmohammadi Foundation. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ↑ "Prof. Yarmohammadi Passed Away". Tellsi. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
- ↑ "A contrastive study of modern English and modern Persian / by Lotfollah Yarmohammadi.Yarmohammadi, Lotfollah 1933-,". 2026-07-05. Retrieved 2026-07-05.
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