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Renowned Iranian linguist Kourosh Safavi dies aged 67

Aug 12, 2023, 10:40 AM
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Renowned Iranian linguist Kourosh Safavi dies aged 67

Tehran, IRNA – Prominent Iranian linguist and translator Kourosh Safavi has passed away at the age of 67.

Safavi died on Friday. He was the vice president of the Linguistics Society of Iran (LSI) and a professor at Tehran's Allameh Tabataba’i University.

His research focused on semantics, semiotics, the history of linguistics, and the relationship between linguistics and literature.

Born in Tehran on June 27, 1956, Safavi received his Bachelor’s degree in German Language in 1971, a Master’s degree in Linguistics in 1979, and a Linguistics doctorate in 1993 from Tehran University. 

He authored many books such as An Introduction to Linguistics, Glossary of Linguistics, A Short History of Persian Language, Seven Essays on Translation, From Linguistics to Literature, and An Introduction to Semantics.

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