Aspects of Iranian linguistics. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Simin Karimi, Vida Samiian and Donald Stilo.
• Other Names: Stilo, Donald L, 1941-; Karimi, Simin; Samiian, Vida; International Conference on Aspects of Iranian Linguistics, 1st
• Contents: Table of contents; introduction; recent advances in persian lexicography; a link grammar parser for persian; classifiers, plural ad definiteness in persian; optionality and variation; markedness and bare nouns in persian; the emergence of ergativity in iranian; the noun phrase in hawrami; expressions of future in classical and modern new persian; raising and control in persian; event structure of verbal nouns and light verbs; different object marking in a medieval persian text; marking of arguments in balochi ergative and mixed constructions; inversion and topicalization in farsi discourse. Aspects of agrammatic language in persianthe individuating function of the persian ""indefinite suffix""; some remarks on the persian suffix; the ezafe as a head-marking inflectional affix; two sets of mobile verbal person agreement markers in the northern talyshi language; mood and modality in persian; on ergativity in the pamir languages; index.
• Publisher Details: Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (vi, 440 pages :), illustrations
• Subjects: 491.5; Language; Iranian languages -- Congresses; Persian language -- Congresses; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Miscellaneous; Iranian languages; Persian language; Linguistics; Grammar, syntax & morphology; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1443810134; 9781443810135; 1299645518; 9781299645516
• Related ISBNs: 1847186394; 9781847186393; 9781443810135
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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