Websites

• https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zeinab-Naderpour-4
• https://jp.linkedin.com/in/zeinab-naderpour-372bb2231

Focus of research

Psycholinguistic and sociolinguistic approaches to accented speech processing and spoken language comprehension

Interests

Psycholinguistics; Second Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics; Phonology

About

Zeinab Naderpour (Zenita) holds a BA in Japanese Language and Literature from the University of Tehran and an MA in Japanese Applied Linguistics from Ochanomizu University, Tokyo. She is currently a PhD candidate in Linguistics at Simon Fraser University. Her research lies at the intersection of psycholinguistics and sociolinguistics, focusing on how listeners process accented speech in real time. She is particularly interested in predictive processing, lexical competition, accent familiarity, and the influence of listener-side social expectations on spoken language comprehension. Outside of research, she enjoys painting, chess, and tennis.

Education

2021  Master of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Comparative Studies of Societies and Cultures, Japanese Applied Linguistics, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan

2018  B.A. Japanese Language and Literature, University of Tehran, Iran

Publications

• Naderpour, Z. (2025). Persian English and Local Resistance: Sociolinguistic Attitudes and Ideological Challenges. Asian Englishes, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13488678.2025.2595374
• Naderpour, Z. (2022). A contribution of fanfiction writing to improving voice and fluency of learners of Japanese from an agentic perspective. System, 105, 102723.

Awards and recognitions

• Japan government MEXT scholarship (2016-2017)
• The Moritani Scholarship Foundation (2021-2023)
• Graduate Fellowship, Simon Fraser University (2023-2027)
• Presidents PhD Scholarship, Simon Fraser University (2026)

Curriculum vitae