Journal of the stylistic of Persian poem and prose
volume Number 18، number In Volume 7، October 2025 ، issue Number 113

Lexical Stylistics of the Story "You Are Not Strangers" by Houshang Moradi Kermani

Ahmad Mohammadi (Author in Charge), Parvin Abyazi Esfahlan , Zahra Ghorban Imamzadeh

Abstract

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this article is the lexical stylistics of the story "You Are Not a Stranger" by Houshang Moradi Kermani. The story "You Are Not a Stranger" is one of Houshang Moradi Kermani"s important and prominent works, which is also considered his biography in a way. Considering that this story is one of Houshang Moradi Kermani"s key works and has high literary and content value, conducting this research will be a good effort in the field of introducing and understanding this story and Moradi Kermani.

METHODOLOGY: This research is conducted using a descriptive, analytical method and based on library studies. First, the story "You Are Not a Stranger" is studied and its stylistic characteristics are noted and recorded, then its content is analyzed based on these characteristics.

FINDINGS: The story "You Are Not a Stranger" has stylistic characteristics in some cases in the lexical field. This stylistic characteristics are in the areas of the sensuality of words, the specificity of words, and the slanginess of words.

CONCLUSION: In terms of sensory and abstract vocabulary, the frequency of sensory vocabulary in the story "You Are Not Strangers" is high. These sensory vocabulary has made the literary style of this story clear and its objective impact. In terms of colloquialism and grandeur of vocabulary, colloquial vocabulary has a high frequency in this story. In terms of archaism and word formation, there is no significant frequency in this story, and the story does not have any distinction or distinction in this regard either.

Keyword
Houshang Moradi Kermani , children's and adolescent literature , literary criticism , lexical stylistics.

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