Taleghani, Azita H.

Biography

Azita H. Taleghani : Azita H. Taleghani ha s a PhD degree in linguistics from the University of Arizona . Her research has been primarily in the areas of syntax and morphology of Indo - Iranian languages, especially Persian, second - language pedagogy , and Web - based language teaching . She has published a monograph on ‘ Modality, Aspect and Negation in Persian ’ in 2008 and has several refere ed articles . Her most recent articles are ‘ Persian Progressive Tense: Serial Verb Construction or Aspectual Complex Predi cate? ’, and ‘ Persian Linguistics in the 20 th century ’. In addition to teaching Persian language/ literature , and l inguistics at the University of Toronto (D epartments of Language S tudies , Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations) , she is the coordinator of new languages (Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Latin, Persian, and Spanish) and was the director of the web - based language learning project called L anguage H ub . She has the professional experience in lexicography and editing dictionary . She loves to hike and trav el, and is passionate about poetry and m usic . Azita H. Taleghani : Azita H. Taleghani ha s a PhD degree in linguistics from the University of Arizona . Her research has been primarily in the areas of syntax and morphology of Indo - Iranian languages, especially Persian, second - language pedagogy , and Web - based language teaching . She has published a monograph on ‘ Modality, Aspect and Negation in Persian ’ in 2008 and has several refere ed articles . Her most recent articles are ‘ Persian Progressive Tense: Serial Verb Construction or Aspectual Complex Predi cate? ’, and ‘ Persian Linguistics in the 20 th century ’. In addition to teaching Persian language/ literature , and l inguistics at the University of Toronto (D epartments of Language S tudies , Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations) , she is the coordinator of new languages (Arabic, Chinese, Hindi, Latin, Persian, and Spanish) and was the director of the web - based language learning project called L anguage H ub . She has the professional experience in lexicography and editing dictionary . She loves to hike and trav el, and is passionate about poetry and m usic .

Research Interest

Persian, Linguistic Studies