Language Research

The Ranking and Interaction of Mollin’s Constraints in Persian Irreversible Binomials

Ali Arabani Dana; Adel Rafiei; Batool alinezhad

Volume 11, Issue 1 , October 2020, , Pages 119-140

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2020.263717.666398

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The term “binomials” in the literature refers to the sequence of two words pertaining to the same form-class, and ordinarily connected by some kind of lexical link. In this ... Read More The term “binomials” in the literature refers to the sequence of two words pertaining to the same form-class, and ordinarily connected by some kind of lexical link. In this term, “nomi” (which means “name”) doesn’t refer to names only, but it is a cover term and can refer to names, adjectives, verbs, adverbs and conjunctions. One important point in binomials relates to the order of constituents. In this regard, there is a model called Constraints’ Model which was proposed by Mollin (2014). The Constraints’ Model has some constraints which determine the order of constituents in binomials. The constraints of this model are: semantic-pragmatic constraints, nonmetrical-phonological constraints, metrical-phonological constraints, and frequency and alphabetic order constraints. The constraints in the model compete with each other to determine the order of constituents in the binomials. In this model, there is the possibility that one constraint can determine the order of constituents in some binomials, but it is possible that it can’t determine the order of constituents in all binomials. The reason for separating these four constituents from each other is that they have differences from each other. In this model, the constituents interact with each other and they have often significant correlations with each other. The paper aims to analyze Persian binomials based on Constraints’ Model and to determine their interactions with each other and finally to rank the constraints. To do the research, the data, including 534 Persian binomials, were analyzed based on Constraints’ Model. Then the model’ constraints were ranked according to Persian binomials, finally the competition and interaction of the constraints were determined in the Persian language. The results showed that non-metrical-phonological constraints can explain the most of Persian binomials, so they rank first, but semantic-pragmatic constraints can explain the least of Persian binomials, so they rank last.

A Constructional Study of the Compounds of Body Part “Del” (Heart) in Persian

Ava Imani; Adel Rafiei; Mohammad Amouzadeh

Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 23-43

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2018.69527

Abstract

This study aims at examining the construction of the word-formation pattern of [del-X] (compounds of “heart”) and investigating its semantic variations, the most general ... Read More

Definiteness and Object Indexation in Persian

Fatemeh Bahrami; Vali Rezai; Adel Rafiei

Volume 4, Issue 2 , March 2014, , Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2014.50263

Abstract

Object indexation is a grammatical phenomenon in which a clitic pronoun, co-referential with the free nominal object, appends to the verb. Optionality of indexation in Persian leads ... Read More

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Author = Adel Rafiei

The Ranking and Interaction of Mollin’s Constraints in Persian Irreversible Binomials

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A Constructional Study of the Compounds of Body Part “Del” (Heart) in Persian

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Definiteness and Object Indexation in Persian

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