Primary and Secondary Predicate Ellipsis in Complement and Adjunct Small Clauses: A minimalist Approach (Phase Theory)
Primary and Secondary Predicate Ellipsis in Complement and Adjunct Small Clauses: A minimalist Approach (Phase Theory)

Shabnam Majidi; Fatemeh Bahrami; Mazdak Anoushe

Volume 13, Issue 2 , May 2023, , Pages 105-134

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2023.352971.666819

Abstract
  The phenomenon of the head- and constituent ellipsis is one of the most discussed issues that grammarians have given a different name to each of its types. The present paper deals with ...  Read More
There is no Stem: the Distribution of Verbal Allomorphs, a Distributed Morphology Analysis
There is no Stem: the Distribution of Verbal Allomorphs, a Distributed Morphology Analysis

Mazdak Anushe

Volume 11, Issue 2 , February 2021, , Pages 25-48

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2020.294729.666564

Abstract
  It is widely accepted by traditional grammarians and linguists that Persian verbal roots fall into two forms depending on their tense feature: present stem and past stem. In contrast ...  Read More
Secondary Predicates in Persian, A Minimalist Approach
Secondary Predicates in Persian, A Minimalist Approach

Mazdak Anushe

Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, , Pages 1-21

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2018.69526

Abstract
  Secondary predicates are among the syntactic structures that have been neglected by the traditional Persian grammarians, but in the course of the last four decades of studies in generative ...  Read More
The Position of NegP and Licensing N-words in Persian: A Distributed Morphology Approach
The Position of NegP and Licensing N-words in Persian: A Distributed Morphology Approach

Mazdak Anushe

Volume 8, Issue 1 , June 2017, , Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2017.63132

Abstract
  The syntactic expression of sentential negation has given rise to a lot of research in most linguistic frameworks. During the last few decades of research in generative grammar, studies ...  Read More
Sideward Movement of Subjects in the Past Participle Clauses:
A Minimalist Approach
Sideward Movement of Subjects in the Past Participle Clauses: A Minimalist Approach

Mazdak Anoushe Anoushe

Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2016, , Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.59411

Abstract
  Once DS is abandoned in the Minimalist framework and structure building is carried out by merge, multiple root syntactic objects in a single derivational step are not only allowed in ...  Read More
Passive Structure in Persian: A Minimalist Approach
Passive Structure in Persian: A Minimalist Approach

Mazdak Anoushe

Volume 6, Issue 1 , September 2015, , Pages 1-20

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2015.56604

Abstract
  Whether or not there is a verbal passive construction in Persian has been ‎highly controversial. Traditional grammarians and most linguists have ‎argued that there is a structural ...  Read More
Topicalization and Focus Movement in Persian
A Feature-Based Approach
Topicalization and Focus Movement in Persian A Feature-Based Approach

Mazdak Anushe

Volume 1, Issue 1 , November 2010

Abstract
  Topicalization and focus movement have been discussed in literature with respect to a vriety of their properties. In Persian, syntactic objects within Tense Phrase, including phrasal ...  Read More