Seyyed Ali Ostovar-Namaghi
List of John Benjamins publications for which Seyyed Ali Ostovar-Namaghi plays a role.
2024 Chapter 11. Phenomenology: A showcase of EFL learners’ experience of foreign language proficiency maintenance Less Frequently Used Research Methodologies in Applied Linguistics, Riazi, A. Mehdi (ed.), pp. 180–190 | Chapter
This chapter aims to showcase Phenomenology as a research methodology by presenting EFL learners’ experience of proficiency maintenance in a context where English has no social function. The study started with a participant who was able to maintain her proficiency and then sampled other… read more
2024 Chapter 10. Phenomenology Less Frequently Used Research Methodologies in Applied Linguistics, Riazi, A. Mehdi (ed.), pp. 162–179 | Chapter
This chapter aims to explore Phenomenology as a research methodology. To this end, it will first present its epistemological, ontological, and axiological underpinnings. It will then briefly explain its theoretical foundations by explaining the similarities and differences between transcendental… read more
2022 Metapragmatics in indirect reports: The degree of reflexivity Pragmatics 32:3, pp. 381–402 | Article
This study attempts to describe how metapragmatic devices can exert change in indirect reporting. This was achieved through the analysis of naturally occurring indirect reports during interaction. Specifically, indirect reports were extracted from a series of expert talks (≈800 minutes)… read more
2022 Exploring the use of modality in EFL learners’ writing English Text Construction 15:1, pp. 68–88 | Article
Due to prevalence of formal analysis in language education, the implications of Systemic Functional Grammar has largely been ignored by materials and methods of language education. To illustrate the inadequacies of formal analysis and make a case for functional analysis and assessment of writing… read more