Amir Karimipour

Dr. Amir Karimipour is a postdoctoral fellow in the Department of Linguistics at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad and an adjunct lecturer at Ilam University's AZFA Center, where he specializes in teaching Persian to foreign learners. He completed hi PhD in Linguistics at the University of Isfahan (2015-2019) using the brilliant talents quota, with research focusing on cognitive-typological approaches to Kurdish and Persian linguistics. His postdoctoral research (2019-2020) advanced his expertise in second language acquisition, bilingualism, and task-based language teaching. Dr. Karimipour has published extensively in international peer-reviewed journals including Onomázein, Voprosy Jazykoznanija, STUF - Language Typology and Universals, Dialectologia, LenguasModernas, and Studia Linguistica Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis, with research spanning cognitive semantics, morphosyntax, phonetics, and bilingual education. Between 2023 and 2025, he directed the longitudinal Persian acquisition study at AZFA Center that forms the empirical foundation of this book, tracking 312 Iraqi Arabic-speaking learners across 24 months with comprehensive linguistic assessment. His teaching experience spans over a decade, including instruction in Teaching Persian as a Foreign Language (TPFL) at both Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (2011-2012) and Ilam University (2024-present), alongside extensive work teaching English as a foreign language. He serves on the advisory board of the International Journal of Kurdish Studies and as a reviewer for the Journal of Linguistics & Khorasan Dialects. Dr. Karimipour is a native speaker of Southern Kurdish and Persian with professional proficiency in English, bringing multilingual insight to his pedagogical approach.