Language Research

A Study of Extraposition of Persian Restrictive Relative Clauses and their Landing Site

Ali َAmoushahi; َAli Darzi

Volume 14, Issue 1 , September 2023, , Pages 1-1

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2022.334309.666761

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The present article mainly aims to investigate Persian data in order to clarify how the process of extraposition moves a relative clause (RC) from its base position. To do so, relative ... Read More

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Clausal Complements of Noun in Persian

Mona Valipour; َAli Darzi

Volume 11, Issue 2 , February 2021, , Pages 247-269

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2020.304147.666609

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Clausal dependents of noun in Persian are divided into two groups: relative clauses (restrictive relative clause /RRC and non-restrictive relative clause /NRRC), and clausal complements ... Read More

Relative Clauses in Arabic and Persian

Bassam Rahma; Hayat Ameri; Najme Dorri; Gholamhosseyn Gholamhosseynzade; Eessa Mottaghizade

Volume 11, Issue 1 , October 2020, , Pages 95-117

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2019.285133.666529

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Typology is a branch of linguistics which studies the structural similarities between languages, regardless of their history. Linguistic studies have proven that different languages ... Read More Typology is a branch of linguistics which studies the structural similarities between languages, regardless of their history. Linguistic studies have proven that different languages in the world have similarities which called Language Universals. Study of Word Order is one of the most important topics in Typology of language, because of languages are more diverse in this respect, and this diversity is a tool for typological studies. One of these diversities is sequence of Relative Clause and Noun. Topologists have identified two types: Relative Clause – Noun (Rel N) and Noun - Relative Clause (N Rel). In their view, these two sequences correlate with the arrangement of the main constituents of language in particular (verb and object).Consequently, according to their predictions, (N Rel) sequence is predominantly in VO languages, and (Rel N) sequence in OV languages. In the present article, we study relative clause in Persian and Arabic languages in order to clarify what are the characteristics of relative clause in both languages and what are the similarities and differences between them. In addition, the research seeks to study the sequence of noun and relative clause in the light of the views of Topologists. The research method is descriptive-analytical and the sentences are collected from different official texts of both Persian and Arabic languages. Over ten thousand sentences were studied .The findings of the study showed that Persian and Arabic languages follow the dominant global pattern in the sequence of relative clause and noun, meaning that both languages have the sequence (N Rel). In this context, however, the Persian language does not follow the predictions made for the ending verbs or OV languages. While the Arabic language is consistent with the predictions presented for VO languages. Also another result of this study is that the phenomenon of relative clause movement in Persian language is possible but not in Arabic.

The Status of Adjective Phrases in Persian: A Role and Reference

Shahram Peyman; Vali Rezai; Mohammad Amouzadeh

Volume 6, Issue 2 , January 2016, , Pages 41-60

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.57499

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The present study aims to examine the analysis of Persian adjective phrases (APs) within Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) and to appraise the merits and demerits thereof. In RRG, there ... Read More

A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Relative Clauses in Farsi

Farideh Haghbin; Homa Asadi

Volume 5, Issue 2 , March 2015, , Pages 21-41

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2015.54183

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In this paper, we examine the treatment of Persian relative clauses in role and reference grammar. RRG is a structural-functional theory which has studied the syntax-semantics-pragmatics ... Read More

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A Study of Extraposition of Persian Restrictive Relative Clauses and their Landing Site

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Clausal Complements of Noun in Persian

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Relative Clauses in Arabic and Persian

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The Status of Adjective Phrases in Persian: A Role and Reference

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A Role and Reference Grammar Analysis of Relative Clauses in Farsi

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