University Tehran Language Research 2251-9289 4 1 2013 04 21 Middle verbs and their study in Younger Avesta Part II: Avestan verbs Middle verbs and their study in Younger Avesta Part II: Avestan verbs 95 110 35929 10.22059/jolr.2013.35929 FA Azhideh Moqaddam Assistant Professor, Department of Ancient Iranian Culture and Languages, University of Tehran Narges Ne’matollahi PhD student, Department of Iranian Studies, University of Indiana Journal Article 2012 11 17 Time, aspect, person, number and active and middle voices are the categories based on which the verbal structure of the ancient Iranian languages are studied. According to the prevailing viewpoint, middle voice is the means by which a transitive root is changed to an intransitive one. This viewpoint has its origin in the verbal roots transitive when conjugated in the active voice and intransitive when in the middle, whereas a closer study of the verbal structure of ancient Iranian languages displays features challenging the validity of the current viewpoint. This article analyzes the general structure of middle verbs as an introduction to the study and re-categorization of the Younger Avestan middle verbs is to appear in another article. Time, aspect, person, number and active and middle voices are the categories based on which the verbal structure of the ancient Iranian languages are studied. According to the prevailing viewpoint, middle voice is the means by which a transitive root is changed to an intransitive one. This viewpoint has its origin in the verbal roots transitive when conjugated in the active voice and intransitive when in the middle, whereas a closer study of the verbal structure of ancient Iranian languages displays features challenging the validity of the current viewpoint. This article analyzes the general structure of middle verbs as an introduction to the study and re-categorization of the Younger Avestan middle verbs is to appear in another article.

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