37.1228, Books: Teaching Spatial Language and Motion Events in Persian: Karimipour, Jahani, and Peykani (2026)

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Date: 23-Mar-2026
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Teaching Spatial Language and Motion Events in Persian: Karimipour, Jahani, and Peykani (2026)


Title: Teaching Spatial Language and Motion Events in Persian
Subtitle: A Contrastive Pedagogical Framework for Arabic L1 Learners
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Second Language Teaching 32
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: Lincom GmbH
           https://lincom-shop.eu/
Book URL:
https://lincom-shop.eu/epages/57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d.sf/en_GB/?ViewObjectPath=%2FShops%2F57709feb-b889-4707-b2ce-c666fc88085d%2FProducts%2F%22ISBN%209783969392768%22

Author(s): Amir Karimipour, Mohammad Taghi Jahani, Parvin Peykani:
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Ilam University, Ilam University

17x24 cm, ISBN 9783969392768. LINCOM Studies in Second Language
Teaching 32. 332pp. 2026, EUR 88.00.

Abstract:

This book addresses a critical gap in Teaching Persian as a Foreign
Language (TPFL) by providing a comprehensive, empirically-grounded
pedagogical framework for teaching Persian spatial language to Iraqi
Arabic learners. Drawing on Talmy's motion event typology and Slobin's
"thinking for speaking" framework, the volume analyzes the fundamental
typological difference between Arabic (verb-framed) and Persian
(satellite-framed) spatial encoding systems.
Based on a 24-month longitudinal corpus study of 60 Iraqi learners at
Ilam University's AZFA Center, the book documents systematic
acquisition challenges including persistent ezāfe omission (18% error
rate even at C1 level), manner verb underspecification, and preverb
integration difficulties. These patterns reflect deeper conceptual
restructuring demands rather than simple vocabulary gaps.
The volume integrates theoretical linguistics with practical pedagogy,
offering: contrastive analyses of Arabic-Persian spatial systems,
evidence-based teaching strategies, task-based activities, assessment
protocols aligned with ACTFL/CEFR standards, and teacher training
modules. Each chapter progresses from linguistic description through
learner corpus evidence to detailed classroom applications, providing
TPFL instructors with theoretically-motivated and
empirically-validated approaches for facilitating Iraqi learners'
transition from Arabic verb-framed to Persian satellite-framed spatial
language competence.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

Subject Language(s): Arabic (ara)
                     Persian (fas)

Written In: English (eng)



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