Publications

Publication details [#56412]

Sheyholislami, Jaffer. 2012. Kurdish in Iran: A case of restricted and controlled tolerance. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 217 : 19–47.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

geolinguistics | language dominance | language policy | multilingualism | social network

Language as a subject

Kurdish | Persian, Iranian

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This study argues that Persianization of non-Persian peoples remains the keystone of Iran's language policy, though new communication technologies and cross-border social and linguistic networking amidst the Kurds have altered the language environment.