Words used for Wooden Handicrafts in Bāseri Dialect of Fārs

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Assistant Professor, Department of English Language Teaching, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

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One of the main concerns of linguists and more specifically dialectologists is identifying, studying, and recording indigenous dialects as a part of the cultural heritage of different societies. Relying on a descriptive approach, the present study provides a general sketch of the semantic systems of Bāseri dialect of Fārs; one of the southwestern Iranian dialects. The study emphasizes the words used to name wooden handicrafts in this dialect. In this article first, the socio-historical features of Bāseri tribe of Fārs are introduced and then the linguistic features of this dialect are presented. Finally, the data collected based on a field study of Bāseri tribe are introduced to the reader along with some pictures of the wooden handicrafts used by Bāseri tribe in cooking, husbandry, installing their tents, and weaving carpets. The study reveals significant differences between Bāseri dialect of Fārs and the standard Persian language from the semantic point of view. The present study's findings can be used by linguists, dialectologists, and teachers of Persian to speakers of other languages.

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Language and Linguistics
Volume 19, Issue 38
September 2024

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