Onomastic Study of Persian Language Teaching Textbooks: Analysis and Evaluation

The study of person's names in Persian Language Teaching Textbooks (PLTT) adds to the knowledge of Persian authors and educators. In this descriptive-analytical study, the number of Iranian and non-Iranian names, the ratio of male and female names, identity category and the frequency of names in three textbooks namely, Persian language, Let's Learn Persian and Mina were investigated. Findings indicate that Mina has the highest frequency and gender ratio of Iranian names and the lowest frequency of non-Iranian names compared to the other two textbooks. Let's learn Persian and Mina have the most frequency of national-thematic and religious identity. Let's learn Persian has the highest frequency of the most frequent names of the last century. Then, it is Mina. Persian language can be evaluated in the third place with a much lower frequency of letters compared to the other two textbooks.