Yahya Modarresi

Yahya Modarresi Tehrani
Born1945 (age 80–81)
Tehran
EducationUniversity of Kansas (PhD)
Scientific career
Fieldslinguistics
WorkplacesInstitute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (I.H.C.S.)
ThesisA Sociolinguistic Analysis of Modern Persian (1978)
James W. Hartman
Other academic advisors
David A. Dinnen
Michael M. T. Henderson

Yahya Modarresi Tehrani (Persian: یحیی مدرسی تهرانی; born 1945) is an Iranian linguist and Professor of Linguistics at the Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies (I.H.C.S.), Tehran, Iran. He is best known for his works on sociolinguistics. He won the Iranian Book of the Year Award for his book An Introduction to Sociolinguistics.[1][2]

Books

  • An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Tehran: IHCS 1989
  • Language and Migration (2015)

References

  1. ↑ Modarresi, Yahya (2 August 2018). Sedighi, Anousha; Shabani-Jadidi, Pouneh (eds.). "Sociolinguistics". The Oxford Handbook of Persian Linguistics. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198736745.013.13. ISBN 978-0-19-873674-5.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: periodical has ISBN (link)
  2. ↑ "Yahya Modarresi". پژوهشکده زبانشناسی (in Persian).