Seyyed Hatam Tamimi Sa'd
Biographic Data
| ID | 9413878 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Seyyed Hatam Tamimi Sa'd |
| GIVEN NAMES | Seyyed Hatam Tamimi |
| FAMILY NAME | Sa'd |
| SIGNATURE | D S H T S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Purdue University West Lafayette |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2427-3524 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Bilingualism, language contact grammatical convergence
A Complex Predicate (CP), e.g., ‘take a chance’, is a multi-word verbal construction that consists of a light verb (LV) and a nonverbal element (NVE) and that functions as a single semantic unit—i.e., together, both elements behave like a simplex verb. CPs are not historically productive in Khuzestani Arabic (KhA). Most KhA speakers are bilingual, speaking Persian as an L2, creating fertile ground for language contact phenomena. I provide evidenc…
Content interrogatives in a young sign language
We examined content interrogatives, i.e., wh-questions, in a young family sign language, Sadat Tawaher Sign Language (STSL), which began to emerge sixty years ago in a single household in southwestern Iran following a man’s sudden, complete hearing loss. We show that the wh-sign in STSL remains in situ and that it is sometimes doubled. Furthermore, we offer a formal account of content interrogative formation and wh-doubling in STSL. Our analysis …
Basic clause negator in Sadat Tawaher Sign Language
Sign languages (SLs) generally have several manual signs to negate sentences, usually with one sign serving as the basic clause negator and with its function being only to reverse the polarity of a clause without adding any additional semantic content. We identify the basic clause negator in Sadat Tawaher Sign Language (STSL), a SL that emerged in a single household in a small Iranian village around sixty years ago. While STSL has several manual …
The simultaneous production of two grammars
A debated issue in psycholinguistics is whether both languages are active in the bilingual mind that hosts them. We examined this issue in bimodal bilinguals, i.e., individuals competent in one spoken language and one sign language. Signed productions and story-telling data pertaining to declaratives, wh-questions, and negatives from Iranian bilingual speakers of Khuzestani Arabic and Sadat Tawaher Sign Language confirm that they produce two diff…
Examining Acculturation Model in an EFL Context
According to Schumann’s (1986) Acculturation Model, accent acts as a means of the learner’s identification with either his/her mother tongue culture or the target language culture and affects his/her effort to learn English as a target Language. Taking up a critical stance, the present study, thus, aimed at investigating the role that learner attitudes and beliefs play in the language that learners adopt in their mother tongue (MT) or the target …
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Examining Acculturation Model in an EFL Context
According to Schumann’s (1986) Acculturation Model, accent acts as a means of the learner’s identification with either his/her mother tongue culture or the target language culture and affects his/her effort to learn English as a target Language. Taking up a critical stance, the present study, thus, aimed at investigating the role that learner attitudes and beliefs play in the language that learners adopt in their mother tongue (MT) or the target …
The simultaneous production of two grammars
A debated issue in psycholinguistics is whether both languages are active in the bilingual mind that hosts them. We examined this issue in bimodal bilinguals, i.e., individuals competent in one spoken language and one sign language. Signed productions and story-telling data pertaining to declaratives, wh-questions, and negatives from Iranian bilingual speakers of Khuzestani Arabic and Sadat Tawaher Sign Language confirm that they produce two diff…
Basic clause negator in Sadat Tawaher Sign Language
Sign languages (SLs) generally have several manual signs to negate sentences, usually with one sign serving as the basic clause negator and with its function being only to reverse the polarity of a clause without adding any additional semantic content. We identify the basic clause negator in Sadat Tawaher Sign Language (STSL), a SL that emerged in a single household in a small Iranian village around sixty years ago. While STSL has several manual …
Bilingualism, language contact grammatical convergence
A Complex Predicate (CP), e.g., ‘take a chance’, is a multi-word verbal construction that consists of a light verb (LV) and a nonverbal element (NVE) and that functions as a single semantic unit—i.e., together, both elements behave like a simplex verb. CPs are not historically productive in Khuzestani Arabic (KhA). Most KhA speakers are bilingual, speaking Persian as an L2, creating fertile ground for language contact phenomena. I provide evidenc…
Content interrogatives in a young sign language
We examined content interrogatives, i.e., wh-questions, in a young family sign language, Sadat Tawaher Sign Language (STSL), which began to emerge sixty years ago in a single household in southwestern Iran following a man’s sudden, complete hearing loss. We show that the wh-sign in STSL remains in situ and that it is sometimes doubled. Furthermore, we offer a formal account of content interrogative formation and wh-doubling in STSL. Our analysis …
Linguistics (3 works) · Categorization, perception, and language (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning (2 works) · Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Acculturation (1 works) · American Sign Language (1 works) · Arabic (1 works)