Research Paper
Letter Barzmehr Balkhi (bh1)
Letter Barzmehr Balkhi (bh1)

Mahmood Jafari Dehaghi; Shima Jafari Dehaghi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , October 2013, Pages 1-17

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2012.30292

Abstract
  Bactrian was the language of Bactria in northern Afganistan. This language is considered as one of the Eastern Middle Iranian Languages which was used from the first to the ninth century. ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Study of the derivational words from 200 years till now, from the motivational point of view
The Study of the derivational words from 200 years till now, from the motivational point of view

Shahla Sharifi; Leila Erfaniyan Qonsoli

Volume 3, Issue 1 , October 2013, Pages 19-38

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2012.30293

Abstract
  A motivated derivational word is a word that its meaning is the result of the meaning of word stem and derivational affixes. In this paper, the hypothesis is tested that by the passage ...  Read More
Research Paper
Boy acting Deaf and Dumb language of Mani - Manichaean Sogdian fragment reconstruction -L83b
Boy acting Deaf and Dumb language of Mani - Manichaean Sogdian fragment reconstruction -L83b

Mohammad Shokrei Fumeshi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , October 2013, Pages 39-51

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2012.30294

Abstract
  In this article, a small part of the Manichaean Sogdian parable known as "the deaf and dumb boy" is reconstructed. Mani narrated this parable for a Zoroastrian priest. The text of the ...  Read More
Research Paper
Modal Functions of Tense in Persian
Modal Functions of Tense in Persian

Mohammad Amuzadeh; Hadaegh Rezaei

Volume 3, Issue 1 , October 2013, Pages 53-76

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2012.30295

Abstract
  In contrast to the grammatical category of mood in Persian which has been subject to a number of studies, modality as a semantic category has not received the due attention it deserves. ...  Read More
Research Paper
Modal System in Persian
Modal System in Persian

Gholamhossein Karimi-Doostan; Negin Ilkhanipour

Volume 3, Issue 1 , October 2013, Pages 77-98

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2012.30296

Abstract
  In the present paper, we are to put forth a paradigm for the systematic study of modality in Persian.With this end in view, we consider modality as a linguistic phenomenon that can ...  Read More
Research Paper
Subjunctive-Negation Interaction in Sorani Kurdish
Subjunctive-Negation Interaction in Sorani Kurdish

Runak Moradi

Volume 3, Issue 1 , October 2013, Pages 99-116

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2012.30297

Abstract
  Except for personal clitics in past transitive forms, Sorani Kurdish has threeverbal prefixes; n?- for negation, be- for subjunctive, and (d)?- for imperfective. Thisarticle starts ...  Read More
Research Paper
Grammaticalization and Metaphorical Extension
Grammaticalization and Metaphorical Extension

Mehrdad Naghzguy Kohan; Mohammad Naghzguy Kohan

Volume 3, Issue 1 , October 2013, Pages 117-134

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2012.30298

Abstract
  Grammaticalization provides a framework to study the genesis and development of grammatical forms in language. In this framework, it is argued that new grammatical forms are constantly ...  Read More