Nima Sadat-Tehrani

Sessional Lecturer of Linguistics

Linguistics Department
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada R3T 5V5
Ph.: 204-269-5108
Fax: 204-474-7671

nisate@yahoo.com

Ph.D. in Linguistics, 2008, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. Thesis: The intonational grammar of Persian
M.A. in Linguistics, 1996, Allameh University, Tehran.
B.A. in English Translation, 1992, Azad University, Tehran.
B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, 1991, Khajeh Nasir University, Tehran.

Refereed

2009, "The alignment of L+H* pitch accents in Persian intonation" Journal of the International Phonetic Association 39(2): 205-230. [Copyright holder: Cambridge University Press]
2008, "Ahæng -e saxt-e neda-i dær farsi [The intonation of vocatives in Persian]" Iranian Journal of Language and Linguistics 3(2): 51-64.
2008, "An intonational construction" Constructions 3/2008: 1-13.
2008, "The structure of Persian intonation" Proceedings of the Speech Prosody 2008 Conference, Plinio A. Barbosa, Sandra Madureira, and César Reis (eds), pp. 249-252.
2003, "Indifference 'ke'-construction in Modern Conversational Persian" Linguistica Atlantica 24: 43-69.

Non-refereed

2009, "Persian prosodic structure" Proceedings of the 2008 Canadian Linguistics Association Annual Conference, Susie Jones (ed.), 15 pages.
2007, "The intonation of cause in Persian" Proceedings of the 22nd NorthWest Linguistics Conference (NWLC), Nicole Carter, Loreley Hadic-Zabala, Anne Rimrott, and Denis Ryan Storoshenko (eds), pp. 232-242.
2007, "Reduplication in Persian: A Morphological Doubling approach" [co-authored with Jila Ghomeshi and Saeed Ghaniabadi] Proceedings of the 2006 Canadian Linguistics Association Annual Conference, Claire Gurski and Milica Radisic (eds), 12 pages.
2005, "Indifference 'ke'-construction in Modern Conversational Persian" Proceedings of the 2004 Canadian Linguistics Association Annual Conference, Marie-Odile Junker, Martha McGinnis, and Yves Roberge (eds), 12 pages.

2007, Chapters 2, 4, 5, and 14 of the 6^th edition of Contemporary Linguistic Analysis by O’Grady and Archibald, Pearson Education Canada.

2008, "Persian prosodic structure,” paper presented at the 2008 Canadian Linguistics Association Annual Conference.
2008, "The structure of Persian intonation," poster presented at the Speech Prosody 2008 Conference, Campinas, Brazil.
2007, "The intonational grammar of Persian," poster presented at the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS) 2007, Workshop on Intonational Phonology: Understudied or Fieldwork Languages, Saarland University, Saarbruecken, Germany.
2006, "Comparison of reason and focus intonation,” paper presented at Tehran University.
2006, "The intonation of cause in Persian," paper presented at the 22nd NorthWest Linguistics Conference (NWLC), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver. [handout]
2005, "Calling names," paper presented at the University of Manitoba Linguistics Colloquium.
2004, "Indifference 'ke'-construction in Modern Conversational Persian," paper presented at the 2004 Canadian Linguistics Association Annual Conference.
2004, "Relative clauses in Yoruba," paper presented in Field Methods Course, University of Manitoba. [handout]
2003, "Number agreement in Persian," paper presented in Number Seminar, University of Manitoba. [handout]
2002, "A contrastive study of substantive plural in German, Persian, and French," paper presented in Number Seminar, University of Manitoba. [handout]

Employment/work experience:

2005-present, Lecturer, University of Manitoba, Department of Linguistics
2006, Instructor, University of Winnipeg, English Department
2004-present, Interpreter, Business Immigration Office, Winnipeg
2002-2006, Research Assistant/Grader, University of Manitoba, Department of Linguistics
1998-2001, Tutor of Persian as a foreign language
1997-2001, Translator, MH Sharafoddin Bureau, Tehran
1998-2000, Language Instructor, Tehran University, Faculty of Medicine
1992-1999, Sales Engineer/Sales Manager, Mazdak Corporation, Tehran
1988-present, Music tutor/Pianist
1984-1992, Language Instructor, different language schools

Teaching:

2007-2008

2006-2007

2005-2006

Ongoing research:

Misc. unpublished papers and research:

Translations:

1997-2001, Numerous TV series and movies, Persian into English, for subtitling.
2001, "From Hamun to Oman: the image of Sistan and Baluchestan Province", Persian into English.
1991, "Techniques for classroom interactions" by Donn Byrne, English into Persian.
1991, "The Blue Hotel" by Stephen Crane, English into Persian.
1989, "His Excellency" by W. Somerset Maugham, English into Persian.
1988, Chapters 2 and 3 of "A Glance to Music" by Ruhollah Khaleghi, Persian into English.

Awards:

Languages:

Persian (first language)
English, French, German, Spanish (near native competence)
Old Persian, Avestan, Pahlavi, Yoruba (reading competence, linguistic knowledge)

Other professional activities: