Dr. Farzad Sharifian

Professor Farzad Sharifian is a pioneer of Cultural Linguistics and holds the Chair in Cultural Linguistics at Monash University. He has developed a theoretical and an analytical framework of cultural cognition, cultural conceptualisations, and language. He has also applied Cultural Linguistics to several areas of applied linguistics, including intercultural communication, cross-cultural/intercultural pragmatics, Teaching English as an International Language (TEIL), World Englishes, and...See more

Professor Farzad Sharifian is a pioneer of Cultural Linguistics and holds the Chair in Cultural Linguistics at Monash University. He has developed a theoretical and an analytical framework of cultural cognition, cultural conceptualisations, and language. He has also applied Cultural Linguistics to several areas of applied linguistics, including intercultural communication, cross-cultural/intercultural pragmatics, Teaching English as an International Language (TEIL), World Englishes, and political discourse analysis. He is the founder and the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Language and Culture (John Benjamins) and has published extensively in many international journals and edited books. See less