Word order in Iran-Turkic
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Christiane Bulut
Abstract
Turkic languages are basically SOV, although their case morphology allows for a great deal of flexibility in the arrangement of sentence constituents. The present paper looks at word order properties in varieties of Turkic spoken in Central Iran, considering also the correlation between elements of the information structure, such as topic and focus, and suprasegmental intonation patterns, such as pitch and intensity contours. A striking feature is the frequency of the placing of ‘Targets’ in postverbal position, which seems to point to Iranian influence, or to a broader areal development in progress.
Abstract
Turkic languages are basically SOV, although their case morphology allows for a great deal of flexibility in the arrangement of sentence constituents. The present paper looks at word order properties in varieties of Turkic spoken in Central Iran, considering also the correlation between elements of the information structure, such as topic and focus, and suprasegmental intonation patterns, such as pitch and intensity contours. A striking feature is the frequency of the placing of ‘Targets’ in postverbal position, which seems to point to Iranian influence, or to a broader areal development in progress.
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
