Research Paper
Analyzing the Epic Romantic Narrative Structure of
Analyzing the Epic Romantic Narrative Structure of "Bijan and Manijeh" and Explaining its Verbal Dimensions from the Perspective of Waltsky and Labov

Nahid Jafari

Volume 14, Issue 2 , March 2024, Pages 1-24

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2023.367328.666864

Abstract
  Semiotics is a tool that can be used to examine the mechanisms of formation and production of meaning in discourses. The logical and narrative discourse is the dominant discourse on ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Neural Response to the SyntacticProcessing of wh-Complements in Persian within Adult Verbal Entries, Based on Lexical-Functional Grammar
The Neural Response to the SyntacticProcessing of wh-Complements in Persian within Adult Verbal Entries, Based on Lexical-Functional Grammar

Delangiz Dalir; Mehdi Purmohammad; Arsalan Golfam; Reza Khosroabadi; Mahnaz Karbalaeisadegh

Volume 14, Issue 2 , March 2024, Pages 25-53

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2024.365010.666855

Abstract
  In Persian, which adheres to an SOV word order, complement clauses or prepositional objects typically follow the direct object in their conventional position. However, there is the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigating Object-Oblique Alternation in Persian Aktionsart
Investigating Object-Oblique Alternation in Persian Aktionsart

Vali Rezai; Zhaleh Makaremi

Volume 14, Issue 2 , March 2024, Pages 55-77

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2023.354726.666825

Abstract
  Object alternations involve different realizations of arguments, and are represented in three forms, including locative alternation, dative shift, and object-oblique alternation. Objects ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigating the Compound Words Ended to “Negar” Stem in Persian Language: A Cognitive Approach
Investigating the Compound Words Ended to “Negar” Stem in Persian Language: A Cognitive Approach

Zahra Hasanpuran; Ali Alizadeh

Volume 14, Issue 2 , March 2024, Pages 79-104

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2024.363973.666852

Abstract
  One of the word formation processes in Persian language is the compounding process, which speakers use in a productive way to create words with new meanings. This process contains at ...  Read More
Research Paper
Determining the Typological Place of a Language on the Left/Right-Branching Spectrum
Determining the Typological Place of a Language on the Left/Right-Branching Spectrum

Maedeh Golchin arefi; Gholamreza Dinmohammadi

Volume 14, Issue 2 , March 2024, Pages 105-129

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2024.359837.666844

Abstract
  In this article we answer two questions: first, how we can use Dryer (1992) as a tool to determine the typological place of a language in the left/right-branching spectrum. Second, ...  Read More
Research Paper
Investigating the Concept of Mother Tongue in the Educational Documents and Examining its Manifestation in Society Based on the Critical Discourse Analysis Approach
Investigating the Concept of Mother Tongue in the Educational Documents and Examining its Manifestation in Society Based on the Critical Discourse Analysis Approach

Behboud Yarigholi; Roya Monsefi

Volume 14, Issue 2 , March 2024, Pages 131-160

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2024.362434.666850

Abstract
  One of the most prominent features of Iranian society is its linguistic and cultural pluralism. Archaeological and historical findings prove that since thousands of years ago various ...  Read More
Research Paper
Hierarchies in Clause Linkage and Complex Sentence Continuum in Spoken Persian
Hierarchies in Clause Linkage and Complex Sentence Continuum in Spoken Persian

Fateme Yegane; Farhad Sasani

Volume 14, Issue 2 , March 2024, Pages 161-192

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2024.366685.666863

Abstract
  The inadequacy of previous definitions of the concepts of subordinate or dependent clauses, and coordinate or consistent clauses, along with terminological Inconsistency, and considering ...  Read More