Education

  • Postdoctoral fellow

Payame Noor University 

Project Title: A Survey on Narrative Mental Space Blending in The Anecdote of The  Mathnawi: A Cognitive Narratology Approach 

  • PhD in General Linguistics, GOT (Graduate On Time)

Islamic Azad University 

Total GPA: 18.25 

Thesis Title: A Survey of the Impact of Mirror Neuron Systems Stimulation on Language  Development in 5-8 Year, Female, Autistic Children 

  • M.A in General Linguistics, GOT (Graduate On Time) 

Islamic Azad University 

Thesis Title: A Survey on Narrative System of Two Iranian Folk Tales: A Semantic Approach

Teaching

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cognitive discourse analysis

Research highlights

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A Study of Spoonerism in Speech of 4-6 Years Old Persian Language Children: A Psycholinguistic Perspective. A. Karimi firozjaei, H.Yarmand. Language Related Research. Vol.10, No.2. p: 225- 250. 2018.
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The Effect of Mirror Neurons Stimulation on Syntax Development of Female Persian Autistic Children. H. Yarmand, H.Ashayeri, A.Golfam, H. Ameri. International Journal of English Linguistics. Vol. 6, No. 5, Jul 2016. (WoS).
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A Comparison of The Effect of Music Induction and Intentional Movement Imitation on The Increase in The Average Number of Verbs in A Sentence in Autistic Children. H. Yarmand, H.Ashayeri. Language Related Research. Vol. 7, No. 5. 2016.
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The Effect of Mirror Neurons Stimulation on Development of Grammatical Understanding in 5-8 Year, Female, Persian, Autistic Children. H. Yarmand, H.Ashayeri, A.Golfam, H. Ameri. Journal of Neuropsychology. Vol.2, No.2, (Series 5). Summer 2016.
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A Survey of The Impact of Mirror Neuron Systems Stimulation on Development of Receptive Language, Expressive Language and Speech in 5-8 Year, Female, Persian, Autistic Children. H. Yarmand, H.Ashayeri, A.Golfam, H. Ameri. Advances in Cognitive Science. Vol.18, No.1, 2015.
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Transition From the Semantic Square to Tension Square in the Case Study of “Mahi Siahe Kocholo”. H. Yarmand , A. Abbassi. Comparative and Language Literature Research. Vol.2, No3 (Tome7). Fall 2011.
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Research Assistant, Iran National Science Foundatin 2015-2016 Principal Investigator: Professor. Hassan Ashayeri Titel: Comparison the Effect of Induction of Music and Imitation of Targeted Movements in Simplicity of Verbal Communication on five to eight Year- Old Persian Female Autistic Children
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Principal Investigator, Research Institute of Cultural Heritage & Tourism 2018- 2019 Titel: Language Mapping of Esfahan Province- First Phase

Research interest

Studying the applications of conceptual metaphor theory and blending to a variety of meaning related phenomena in discourse.
Studying the language changes in Persian language within the domain of the normal aging, the MCI (mild cognitive impairment) and the dementia brain.