37.1263, Books: A Computationally-Grounded Theoretical and Pedagogical Framework for Teaching Persian as a Foreign Language: Karimipour (2026)

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Date: 25-Mar-2026
From: Ulrich Lueders [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: A Computationally-Grounded Theoretical and Pedagogical Framework for Teaching Persian as a Foreign Language: Karimipour (2026)


Title: A Computationally-Grounded Theoretical and Pedagogical
Framework for Teaching Persian as a Foreign Language
Subtitle: Bridging Linguistics and TPFL (AZFA) Insights
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Second Language Teaching 33
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%209783969392805%22

Author(s): Amir Karimipour, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

17x24 cm. ISBN 9783969392805. LINCOM Studies in Second Language
Teaching 33. 204pp. 2026. EUR 78.80.

Abstract:

The field of Teaching Persian as a Foreign Language (TPFL) has long
relied on materials that, while practical, rarely draw on systematic
insights from generative linguistics, cognitive semantics, or
second-language acquisition research. As a result, persistent transfer
errors, particularly from Arabic, Turkish, and English, continue to
fossilize, and complex features such as the ezafe construction, the
particle râ, and the pragmatic system of taarof remain
disproportionately difficult to acquire.
This monograph offers a remedy. It presents a coherent, evidence-based
framework that integrates Universal Grammar, cognitive-semantic
principles, and usage-based learning, and translates them into
concrete diagnostic and pedagogical tools. The proposals are grounded
in controlled empirical studies conducted between 2024 and 2025 with
over 600 learners (primarily Arabic L1), using corpus analysis,
eye-tracking, ERP, and longitudinal outcome measures.
The aim is straightforward: to provide TPFL instructors, curriculum
designers, and researchers with a theoretically principled yet
classroom-ready alternative to the current generation of resources,
and to accelerate the path from interlanguage plateaus to fluent,
culturally nuanced Persian.

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

Subject Language(s): Iranian Persian (pes)

Written In: Enga (enq)



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