Abedeh Mirzaee
Abstract
With the spread of coronavirus in Iran, the government cancelled public events and declared the necessity of closing crowded centers, including religious places. Following this announcement, some people in Mashhad and Qom protested by entering the holy shrines. These actions were quickly reflected in ...
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With the spread of coronavirus in Iran, the government cancelled public events and declared the necessity of closing crowded centers, including religious places. Following this announcement, some people in Mashhad and Qom protested by entering the holy shrines. These actions were quickly reflected in cyberspace. On twitter- a social networking Web site- which is possible for the users to debate, A group of users considered the opposition to health orders contrary to religious law. Another group contrasted religion with science. The present study aims to study these debates and the main question is that what strategies each group used to express its beliefs and viewpoints? For this purpose, 170 Persian tweets containing the keywords "religion" and "corona" were selected and examined using the Van Dijk Model. Data analysis showed that the most common linguistic tools used by users to represent their beliefs and ideologies are the two strategies of "distancing" and "cursing". Since the role and the influence of social networks, e.g., Twitter, are undeniable and tweets can shape social actions, the conflict observed in this space can also extend to the community and cause tensions. The results of this study and doing similar studies can help to identify the cause of these conflicts and provide the basis for empathy and the possibility of beneficial dialogue between different ideologies and thus ensure social stability.
Fatemeh Bahrami
Abstract
The structure and use of languages reflect the society and culture in which they are used. The present study sought to delve into the pragmatic characteristics of Persian kinship terms on the basis of McGregor (2012) model, in order to discern the sociocultural elements that has influenced their formation ...
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The structure and use of languages reflect the society and culture in which they are used. The present study sought to delve into the pragmatic characteristics of Persian kinship terms on the basis of McGregor (2012) model, in order to discern the sociocultural elements that has influenced their formation and usage. The data were collected from Great Sokhan Dictionary (2004) and the usage was checked via selected contemporary Persian films, plays, and novels. It was found that the figurative use of Persian kinship terms to refer to closeness is dominated by ideology. For instance, “paternal guardianship” and “privity” has overtly shaped distinctions in the choice of terms referring to mother’s family versus father’s family. The commonality of the use of the term “amu” (referring to one’s uncle; father’s brother) versus “dâyee” (uncle; mother’s brother) while referring to male friends for the purpose of conveying a sense of closeness is a function of “privity”. In other words, a male friend should be associated with the same gender parent (father) and not with the opposite gender parent (mother). Furthermore, there are sets of Arabic kinship terms sometimes parallel to the Persian ones which could be selected and used to convey a sense of religiosity. It can be concluded that closeness and informality versus distance and formality together with age and social status are variables that have expanded the number of Persian kinship terms.
