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2025

Journal Article

Contextual clips: prioritizing neglected recordings in corpora

Rarrick, Samantha and Arab, Reza (2025). Contextual clips: prioritizing neglected recordings in corpora. Language Documentation and Conservation, 19, 67-81.

Contextual clips: prioritizing neglected recordings in corpora

2024

Conference Publication

"It's funny that you've grown white": Negotiating identity and intersubjectivity on prison radios

Arab, Reza (2024). "It's funny that you've grown white": Negotiating identity and intersubjectivity on prison radios. 4th Conference on Discourse, Culture and Interaction, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 5-6 December 2024.

"It's funny that you've grown white": Negotiating identity and intersubjectivity on prison radios

2024

Journal Article

Medical certificates: more than just paperwork

Delshad, Parvin, Ball, Lauren and Arab, Reza (2024). Medical certificates: more than just paperwork. Australian Journal of General Practice, 53 (11 Supplement), S123-S127. doi: 10.31128/AJGP-02-24-7154

Medical certificates: more than just paperwork

2024

Conference Publication

The language of prison radios: humour and coping

Arab, Reza and Anderson, Heather (2024). The language of prison radios: humour and coping. 30th Australasian Humour Studies Network Conference, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 7-9 February 2024.

The language of prison radios: humour and coping

2024

Journal Article

Epistemic sentence-initial constructions as incongruity markers English “it is ironic [that]” vs Persian “bāmaze ast [ke]”

Arab, Reza (2024). Epistemic sentence-initial constructions as incongruity markers English “it is ironic [that]” vs Persian “bāmaze ast [ke]”. International Review of Pragmatics, 16 (2), 232-253. doi: 10.1163/18773109-01602003

Epistemic sentence-initial constructions as incongruity markers English “it is ironic [that]” vs Persian “bāmaze ast [ke]”

2024

Book Chapter

Metapragmatics of Maze (Taste) in Persian

Arab, Reza (2024). Metapragmatics of Maze (Taste) in Persian. The Handbook of Cultural Linguistics. (pp. 383-405) edited by Alireza Korangy. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-3800-1_18

Metapragmatics of Maze (Taste) in Persian

2023

Journal Article

Book review: Thielemann, Nadine (2020). Understanding Conversational Joking: A Cognitive-pragmatic Study Based on Russian Interactions. John Benjamins.

Arab, Reza (2023). Book review: Thielemann, Nadine (2020). Understanding Conversational Joking: A Cognitive-pragmatic Study Based on Russian Interactions. John Benjamins.. European Journal of Humour Research, 11 (4), 128-132.

Book review: Thielemann, Nadine (2020). Understanding Conversational Joking: A Cognitive-pragmatic Study Based on Russian Interactions. John Benjamins.

2023

Conference Publication

Contextual clips as neglected (meta)data: Insights on corpora from a humorous collaboration

Rarrick, Samantha and Arab, Reza (2023). Contextual clips as neglected (meta)data: Insights on corpora from a humorous collaboration. International Conference on Language Documentation and Conservation, Hawaii, United States, 2-5 March 2023.

Contextual clips as neglected (meta)data: Insights on corpora from a humorous collaboration

2022

Journal Article

Evaluating the credibility of storied matter in the context of agential realism

Lovell, Sue and Arab, Reza (2022). Evaluating the credibility of storied matter in the context of agential realism. Angelaki, 27 (6), 50-66. doi: 10.1080/0969725x.2022.2139018

Evaluating the credibility of storied matter in the context of agential realism

2022

Journal Article

Cultural semantics of the ‘salt’ word in Persian

Arab, Reza (2022). Cultural semantics of the ‘salt’ word in Persian. International Journal of Language and Culture, 9 (1), 119-150. doi: 10.1075/ijolc.21038.ara

Cultural semantics of the ‘salt’ word in Persian

2022

Journal Article

Humour and belonging: a thematic review

Arab, Reza and Davis, Jessica Milner (2022). Humour and belonging: a thematic review. European Journal of Humour Research, 10 (2), 1-13.

Humour and belonging: a thematic review

2021

Other Outputs

To be with salt, to speak with taste: metapragmatics of playful speech practices in Persian

Arab, Reza (2021). To be with salt, to speak with taste: metapragmatics of playful speech practices in Persian. PhD Thesis, School of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University. doi: 10.25904/1912/4079

To be with salt, to speak with taste: metapragmatics of playful speech practices in Persian

2019

Book Chapter

Ethnopragmatics of Hāzer Jāvabi, a valued speech practice in Persian

Arab, Reza (2019). Ethnopragmatics of Hāzer Jāvabi, a valued speech practice in Persian. Studies in ethnopragmatics, cultural semantics, and intercultural communication: Ethnopragmatics and semantic analysis. (pp. 75-94) edited by Kerry Mullan, Bert Peeters and Lauren Sadow. Singapore: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-981-32-9983-2_5

Ethnopragmatics of Hāzer Jāvabi, a valued speech practice in Persian

2018

Conference Publication

Persian light verbs in NSM explications: some issues

Arab, Reza (2018). Persian light verbs in NSM explications: some issues. Semantic Workshop 2018, Canberra, ACT Australia, 22-23 March 2018.

Persian light verbs in NSM explications: some issues

2017

Conference Publication

Semantics and ethnopragmatics of hazer javabi ('ready to respond') in Persian

Arab, Reza (2017). Semantics and ethnopragmatics of hazer javabi ('ready to respond') in Persian. The Australian Linguistics Society Conference, Sydney, NSW Australia, 4-7 December 2017.

Semantics and ethnopragmatics of hazer javabi ('ready to respond') in Persian

2016

Journal Article

A review of agency and structure: Where does Rorty’s Ironist stand?

Arab, Reza (2016). A review of agency and structure: Where does Rorty’s Ironist stand?. European Scientific Journal, 12 (8), 36-51. doi: 10.19044/esj.2016.v12n8p36

A review of agency and structure: Where does Rorty’s Ironist stand?