Linguistics Society of Iran Language and Linguistics 23223847 2 4 2006 11 22 Animate and Inanimate in Iranian Dialects Animate and Inanimate in Iranian Dialects 157 162 1632 FA Iran Kalbassi Journal Article 2015 08 08 Languages express the outside world's meanings in different ways. For example the features of person, number, tense and aspect or case and gender are expressed differently in different languages. Another category is the meaning of animation which is rarely manifested in many languages. But this important feature has been expressed in a number of Iranian dialects, which is the subject of this article. Languages express the outside world's meanings in different ways. For example the features of person, number, tense and aspect or case and gender are expressed differently in different languages. Another category is the meaning of animation which is rarely manifested in many languages. But this important feature has been expressed in a number of Iranian dialects, which is the subject of this article. https://lsi-linguistics.ihcs.ac.ir/article_1632_0771fc6f0f4b1d7d1bb73bbbe14e0e31.pdf