Global InformationKourosh Safavi information
Kourosh Safavi | |
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| Born | 27 June 1956 Tehran, Iran |
| Died | 11 August 2023 (aged 67) |
| Occupation(s) | Linguist, translator, professor |
| Known for | Authorship, translation |
Kourosh Safavi[1] (Persian: کورش صفوی; 27 June 1956 – 11 August 2023) was an Iranian linguist, translator, and university professor. He was the vice-president of the Linguistics Society of Iran and a professor at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran.[2] His work focused on semantics, semiotics, history of linguistics, and the relationship between linguistics and literature.[3]
A prolific translator and writer on linguistics, Safavi authored such books as An Introduction to Linguistics, Wandering in the Philosophy of Literature, Logic in Linguistics, Literature from Linguistics Standpoint, Acquaintance with Written Systems, Introduction to the History of Iranian Languages, and Applied Semantics.[3] He also translated into Persian books written by many notable linguists and writers such as Noam Chomsky (Language and Mind and Language and Thought), Roman Jakobson, Ferdinand de Saussure (Course in General Linguistics), Hösle, Goethe (West-östlicher Diwan) and Jostein Gaarder (Sophie's World).
- ^ Other possible English spellings of his first name are Koorosh and Kurosh.
- ^ "Personal Directory Information:Koorosh Safavi". Linguistlist.com. Linguistlist.com. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
- ^ a b "Kourosh Safavi: Lycan, most notable philosopher of language". Ibna. Ibna:Iran Book News Agency.