Chapter 1. Advances in Iranian linguistics
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Sedigheh Moradi
Abstract
The diffusion of Iranian languages throughout a large part of the world, their deep recorded history, the remarkably intricate typological variation they show, and their extensive contact with languages belonging to different linguistic families make Iranian linguistics a fascinating and highly promising area for research in linguistic theory. Despite this remarkable scientific potential, however, and unlike the situation with nearly every other major language family, there are few collections of works focusing exclusively on languages of the Iranian family. The present volume is part of a current ongoing effort to address this gap, providing a theoretically informative and constructive venue for scholars working in Iranian linguistics. The twelve chapters of the current volume are selected from over 40 papers presented at the first North American Conference in Iranian Linguistics (NACIL1) held at Stony Brook University, April 28–30, 2017.
Abstract
The diffusion of Iranian languages throughout a large part of the world, their deep recorded history, the remarkably intricate typological variation they show, and their extensive contact with languages belonging to different linguistic families make Iranian linguistics a fascinating and highly promising area for research in linguistic theory. Despite this remarkable scientific potential, however, and unlike the situation with nearly every other major language family, there are few collections of works focusing exclusively on languages of the Iranian family. The present volume is part of a current ongoing effort to address this gap, providing a theoretically informative and constructive venue for scholars working in Iranian linguistics. The twelve chapters of the current volume are selected from over 40 papers presented at the first North American Conference in Iranian Linguistics (NACIL1) held at Stony Brook University, April 28–30, 2017.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Advances in Iranian linguistics 1
- Chapter 2. Syntactic and semantic constraints on pronoun and anaphor resolution in Persian 15
- Chapter 3. A multi-dimensional approach to classification of Iran’s languages 29
- Chapter 4. The additive particle in Persian 57
- Chapter 5. The pronoun-to-agreement cycle in Iranian 85
- Chapter 6. The suffix that makes Persian nouns unique 107
- Chapter 7. The meaning of the Persian object marker rā 119
- Chapter 8. Topic agreement, experiencer constructions, and the weight of clitics 137
- Chapter 9. Another look at Persian rā 155
- Chapter 10. The Ezafe construction revisited 173
- Chapter 11. Quantitative meter in Persian folk songs and pop lyrics 237
- Chapter 12. Stripping structures with negation in Persian 257
- Chapter 13. Oblique marking and adpositional constructions in Tat 275
- Author index 301
- Languages index 305
- Subject index 307
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Chapter 1. Advances in Iranian linguistics 1
- Chapter 2. Syntactic and semantic constraints on pronoun and anaphor resolution in Persian 15
- Chapter 3. A multi-dimensional approach to classification of Iran’s languages 29
- Chapter 4. The additive particle in Persian 57
- Chapter 5. The pronoun-to-agreement cycle in Iranian 85
- Chapter 6. The suffix that makes Persian nouns unique 107
- Chapter 7. The meaning of the Persian object marker rā 119
- Chapter 8. Topic agreement, experiencer constructions, and the weight of clitics 137
- Chapter 9. Another look at Persian rā 155
- Chapter 10. The Ezafe construction revisited 173
- Chapter 11. Quantitative meter in Persian folk songs and pop lyrics 237
- Chapter 12. Stripping structures with negation in Persian 257
- Chapter 13. Oblique marking and adpositional constructions in Tat 275
- Author index 301
- Languages index 305
- Subject index 307
