astronomy

Mohammad-Reza Bateni

Mohammad-Reza Bateni is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Mohammad-Reza Bateni rather than just read about it. In short: Mohammad Reza Bateni (Persian: محمدرضا باطنی; January 4, 1934 – May 11, 2021) was an Iranian linguist and scholar. He graduated as bachelor in English language and literature from Daneshsara-ye Aali (Institute of Higher Education) in Tehran.

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Reference excerpt

Mohammad Reza Bateni (Persian: محمدرضا باطنی; January 4, 1934 – May 11, 2021) was an Iranian linguist and scholar. He graduated as bachelor in English language and literature from Daneshsara-ye Aali (Institute of Higher Education) in Tehran. He obtained his Master and Doctoral degrees, in linguistics, from University of Leeds and University College London, respectively. Bateni also worked at MIT and University of California, Berkeley, as a researcher and professor. He retired from Tehran University in 1981. Bateni published numerous books and journal papers. Some of his works include "A New Glance at Grammar", "A Description of Persian Language Structure" and "A Prologue to Philosophy". "A Description of Persian Language Structure" (republished 20 times) is an analytical study of the structure of 11,000 Persian sentences culled from magazines, newspapers and different writings. Perhaps Bateni's most significant contribution is his English to Persian Dictionary published by Farhang Moaser. The first edition of the dictionary received the Book of the Year Award in 1994. It included about 40,000 entries of contemporary English words. The second edition of this dictionary included approximately 50,000 entries. The third edition, entitled Farhang Moaser POOYA English-Persian Dictionary embraces about 60,000 entries in addition to numerous subentries and examples. This edition, published in 2006, is the result of over 20 years of research by Dr. Bateni and his associates at the Research Unit of Farhang Moaser Institute.

Selected publications "Assessing the State of Contemporary Persian", a Plenary Lecture at Seventh Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, July 31- August 3, 2008, Toronto [1]. "Collocations and Idioms and their Translatability" at Seventh Biennial Conference on Iranian Studies, July 31- August 3, 2008, Toronto [2]. "Recent Advances in Persian Lexicography" at the First International Conference on Aspects of Iranian Linguistics, 17–19 June 2005 Leipzig, Germany [3]. "A Glance at Sociology of Language ( Sociolinguistics )", July 2007, University of Toronto. "Language Relativity", August 2008, University of Toronto. "On the Attempts to Teach Language to Chimpanzees: Success or Failure?", November 2009, University of Toronto.

References

External links Contemporary Persian Writers A New Approach to Persian Language A report on BBC Persian List of publications

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Mohammad-Reza Bateni

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Mohammad-Reza Bateni ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Mohammad-Reza Bateni

In research: Mohammad-Reza Bateni appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Mohammad-Reza Bateni in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Mohammad-Reza Bateni is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1934 births, 2021 deaths, Academic staff of the University of Tehran, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Mohammad-Reza Bateni outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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