This paper aims to explore the facets and microsenses of Persian words and examine the impact of cultural and social factors on the emergence of novel meanings. To deeply study these phenomena, a series of words exhibiting ...

This paper investigates the construction of meaning in Persian Internet memes, particularly focusing on image macros—prevalent multimodal memes characterized by a fixed image paired with textual commentary. By analyzing ...

This paper examines how different construals realized in semiotic modes create humor in Persian multimodal political discourse. The paper also elucidates the mechanisms of intersemiotic relations between images and linguistic ...

This article aims at contrasting the conceptualization of space in Persian and English. Using three semantic primes of 'space', namely 'below', 'side' and 'touch' proposed in Natural Semantic Metalanguage (NSM), as one of ...

Considering that foreign language (FL) learning invokes a diverse brain network with different functions, this paper aims to discuss the activities proposed in a case study with a Brazilian participant with aphasia learning ...

This paper investigates the conceptual and cognitive motivations behind anger-related Hindi idioms. The study is based on 40 idiomatic expressions on anger curated from diverse sources, including websites, books, and native ...

Rooted in the Cognitive Load (CL) and Dual Coding theories, this sequential explanatory study examined the CL levels experienced by 36 available Iranian pre-intermediate English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in ...

While many English language learning textbooks provide exercises on the difference between present simple and present progressive tenses, they often lack meticulous explanations regarding their meaning and contextual usage. ...

In cognitive stylistics, “deixis" is deemed one of the core linguistic elements through which both the physical and ideological stances of the participants in fictional narratives, namely the narrator and the character(- ...

This paper aims to investigate the light verb constructions (LVCs) formed with the light verb dādan ‘to give' in Persian by employing the principles of cognitive lexical semantics. It examines the semantic relationships ...