Maryam Borjian
List of John Benjamins publications for which Maryam Borjian plays a role.
Articles
2014 Language-education policies and international institutions: The World Bank’s vs. UNESCO’s global framework Language Problems and Language Planning 38:1, pp. 1–18 | Article
One of the grand claims of neoliberalism is that the free-market world is an ‘actor-free’ process, in which no one is in charge. The aim of this article is to problematize this claim by examining the agency of two international institutions, the World Bank and UNESCO, and the ways in which they… read more
2007 Marriage Rites in South Caspian Villages: Ethnographic and Linguistic Materials from Māzandarān Archív Orientální 75:2, pp. 191–214 | Article
This article consists of a descriptive account of the traditional marriage rites in Māzandarān, followed by two dialect texts with English translation. The ethnography describes various stages involved in a typical traditional marriage, including the proposal and betrothal, observances prior to the… read more