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Bahram Kazemian

Department of English, Islamic Azad University. · None

https://researchid.co/kazemian-b
@iaut.ac.ir
4Scopus Publications
1097Google Scholar Citations
14Google Scholar h-index
16Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Systemic Functional Linguistics, CDA, Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices, Appraisal Framework in SFL, Metadiscourse Markers, ELT and EFL.

Biography

Bahram Kazemian holds a PhD in English Language and Linguistics and was born in Tabriz City, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran in 1979. He obtained his B.A. in English Translation and his M.A. in ELT from Islamic Azad University. Currently, he is the managing director of Unique Language Center. He has more than twenty years of experience in TEFL at different language institutes in Tabriz. His major thrust areas of interest and specialties are Grammatical Metaphor and Transitivity in Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), Critical Discourse Analysis, Rhetoric and Rhetorical Devices, Appraisal Framework in SFL, TEFL, TESOL, and Metadiscourse Markers (Hedges, Boosters, etc.). He has published over 25 articles and book reviews in international flagship journals plus one book. His recent book reviews (6) were published by De Gruyter (Intercultural Pragmatics), Routledge, and Elsevier (System). He serves as a member of Editorial Boards and Reviewers for various journals.

Education

Ph.D. in English Language and Linguistics

Recent Scopus Publications

  1. A FUNCTIONAL ANALYSIS OF METADISCOURSE MARKERS IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE: PERSUASIVE STRATEGIES IN NETANYAHU’S SPEECHES
    Discourse and Interaction, 2025
  2. Critical discourse analysis and rhetorical tropes in donald trump’s first speech to the un
    Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 2021
  3. Islamification vs. Islamophobia: A message to the youth in the occident: Critical & rhetorical inquiries
    Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2021
  4. Critical discourse analysis of Barack Obama's 2012 speeches: Views from systemic functional linguistics and Rhetoric
    Theory and Practice in Language Studies, 2014

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