Modern Persian
Subtitle: spoken and written
By: Don Stilo, Kamran Talattof, Jerome Clinton.
Contributors: Talattof, Kamran.; Clinton, Jerome W.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Yale language series
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New Haven, CT
Language: eng; per
Number of pages: 544
ISBN-13: 9780300100518; 9780300100525
Subjects: Persian language -- Textbooks for foreign speakers -- English
Genres: Textbooks for foreign speakers
Description: "Although Persian is one of the world's oldest languages, in its modern form it is still spoken by more than forty million people in Iran and by more than twenty million people elsewhere. These volumes provide students from beginning to intermediate levels with a mastery of modern Persian (also known as farsi) and with an understanding of colloquial Persian. The books offer extended vocabulary, grammar, and essays on aspects of Iranian culture. Volume I emphasizes speaking and understanding, and Volume 2 focuses on the written language. The first to teach Persian as a living language, Modern Persian incorporates the most effective methodologies and the most recent cultural and linguistic changes occurring in Iran. Donald Stilo is a scientist at Max-Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, working on the Northwest Iranian Language Project in the Linguistics Department. Kamran Talattof is associate professor of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Arizona, Tucson. Jerome W. Clinton was professor of Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes glossaries.

English and Persian.