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Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies

 
04 December 2025
Dr Masoud Mohammadirad has published two new books. "A grammar of Hewramî" is a comprehensive grammatical description of the Hewramî variety of Tekht, grounded in current linguistic methods. "Echoes of the past: Hewramî narratives" is a collection of 15 narratives in Hewramî. Hewramî is one of the most morphologically complex West Iranian languages. Read more about the books here.


 

A grammar of Hewramî

Short description: 

This book is a comprehensive grammatical description of the Hewramî variety of Tekht, grounded in current linguistic methods. Hewramî is one of the most morphologically complex West Iranian languages. It is spoken by several thousand people in the high mountainous Hewraman region situated between Iranian and Iraqi Kurdistan.

 

Link:

https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/517

 

 

Echoes of the past: Hewramî narratives

 

Short description: 

This book is a collection of 15 narratives in Hewramî. It offers a
unique window into the life of Hewramî speakers, including their
oral and social history, social relations, recollections of past
life, and storytelling traditions. The stories were told by five
narrators. All the stories have been transcribed, translated,
annotated, and analysed.

 

 

Link:

https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/531

 

Dr Masoud Mohammadirad is a Research Associate in Linguistics.