Pragmatic Aspects of Mægær (‘unless’/’but’) as a Discourse Marker in Persian
Pragmatic Aspects of Mægær (‘unless’/’but’) as a Discourse Marker in Persian

Shahin Shirzadi; Mohammad Amouzadeh; Seyed Alo Kalantari; Vali Rezai

Volume 12, Issue 2 , December 2022, , Pages 123-146

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2021.323183.666712

Abstract
  Discourse marker is a functional-pragmatic category, not affecting truth conditions of the sentence. These linguistic elements encode procedural rather than representative or propositional ...  Read More
Deictic Projection of Present Perfect in Persian: A Semantic Analysis
Deictic Projection of Present Perfect in Persian: A Semantic Analysis

Mohammad Amoozadeh; Masoume Dianati; Zoleikha Azimdokht

Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2017, , Pages 99-116

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2017.63137

Abstract
  This study provides a semantic analysis of the present perfect of Persian expressing immediate and definite futurity. This phenomenon will be tackled in terms of deictic projection. ...  Read More
Cyclic Grammaticalization of Yæ'ni ('meaning') from the Perspective of Discourse Grammar
Cyclic Grammaticalization of Yæ'ni ('meaning') from the Perspective of Discourse Grammar

Mohammad Amouzadeh; Azam Noora

Volume 5, Issue 1 , September 2014, , Pages 75-93

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2014.52661

Abstract
  On the basis of Discourse Grammar (DG), this study investigates the expression of  yæ'ni in Persian. The term was originally borrowed from Arabic and has undergone the process ...  Read More