Word order variation in Middle Iranic: Persian, Parthian, Bactrian, and Sogdian
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Thomas Jügel
Abstract
This paper focuses on word order structures that include Targets (i.e., Goals, Recipients, Addressees, etc.) in four Middle Iranic languages (Bactrian, Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian) by querying the ergative database (Jugel 2015) and examining the Vessantara J̌ātaka (Benveniste 1946). Targets can appear in various positions, including the postverbal position, which is prevalent in a number of modern Iranic languages. The paper seeks to identify possible triggers for the variation, such as morphosyntactic ones as well as those related to information structure.
Abstract
This paper focuses on word order structures that include Targets (i.e., Goals, Recipients, Addressees, etc.) in four Middle Iranic languages (Bactrian, Middle Persian, Parthian, and Sogdian) by querying the ergative database (Jugel 2015) and examining the Vessantara J̌ātaka (Benveniste 1946). Targets can appear in various positions, including the postverbal position, which is prevalent in a number of modern Iranic languages. The paper seeks to identify possible triggers for the variation, such as morphosyntactic ones as well as those related to information structure.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Factors influencing word ordering 1
- Proximal to distal: Information flow and order in Maa 15
- Word order variation in Middle Iranic: Persian, Parthian, Bactrian, and Sogdian 39
- Word order in Mukri Kurdish – the case of incorporated Targets 63
- Targets and other postverbal arguments in Southern Balochi: A multidimensional cline 89
- Word order in contact and the expression of Target in Northern Domari 127
- The evolution of VO and OV alternation in Romeyka 141
- Word order in Iran-Turkic 163
- Word order variation in Chulym Turkic of Siberia 181
- Copulas and Target phrase positioning in the Arabic dialects of Kurdistan 197
- Word order typology in North-Eastern Neo- Aramaic 235
- Index of Authors 259
- Index of Languages 262
- Index of Subjects 264
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Preface V
- Contents VII
- Factors influencing word ordering 1
- Proximal to distal: Information flow and order in Maa 15
- Word order variation in Middle Iranic: Persian, Parthian, Bactrian, and Sogdian 39
- Word order in Mukri Kurdish – the case of incorporated Targets 63
- Targets and other postverbal arguments in Southern Balochi: A multidimensional cline 89
- Word order in contact and the expression of Target in Northern Domari 127
- The evolution of VO and OV alternation in Romeyka 141
- Word order in Iran-Turkic 163
- Word order variation in Chulym Turkic of Siberia 181
- Copulas and Target phrase positioning in the Arabic dialects of Kurdistan 197
- Word order typology in North-Eastern Neo- Aramaic 235
- Index of Authors 259
- Index of Languages 262
- Index of Subjects 264
