Research Paper
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
Research Paper
Negative Concord Item in Azeri Turkic
Negative Concord Item in Azeri Turkic

Shoja Tafakkori Rezayi Tafakkori Rezayi; Nima Erfaniard Erfaniard; Khosrow Gholam Alizade

Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2016, Pages 21-36

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.59412

Abstract
  In this research Azeri negative sentences are scrutinized with a focus on Negative Concord Item (NCI) s. Linguists such asEnç (1998), Kornfilt (1997) and Progovac (2005) assert ...  Read More
Research Paper
Differentiating Evidentiality and Epistemic Modality
Based on the Behavior of Persian Adverbials
Differentiating Evidentiality and Epistemic Modality Based on the Behavior of Persian Adverbials

Vali Rezai; Mozhgan Neisani

Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2016, Pages 37-56

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.59413

Abstract
  This paper attempts to indicate that the two conceptual categories of evidentiality and epistemic modality are distinct although they may look similar; thus their corresponding adverbs ...  Read More
Research Paper
Discursive –semiotics Criticism of Personification as a Process in Literary Discourse: A Case Study of “the Mouse” by Choobak’
Discursive –semiotics Criticism of Personification as a Process in Literary Discourse: A Case Study of “the Mouse” by Choobak’

Pantea Nabian; Hamid Reza Shairi

Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2016, Pages 57-76

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.59414

Abstract
  Personification is a tool that a writer uses to change the objective position of words into the subjective form. Using personification, writers show their creativity. Attributing human ...  Read More
Research Paper
Ranking of Persian Speech Phonemes from the Point of View of Efficiency in Speaker Recognition
Ranking of Persian Speech Phonemes from the Point of View of Efficiency in Speaker Recognition

Javad Sheykhzadegan

Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2016, Pages 77-96

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.59415

Abstract
  In this paper, the efficiency of Persian speech phonemes from the point of view of efficiency in speaker recognition has been studied, and then with due attention to efficiencies, the ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Effect of the Number of Vowels on the Size of Vowel Spaces: Adaptive Dispersion Theory's Key Prediction
The Effect of the Number of Vowels on the Size of Vowel Spaces: Adaptive Dispersion Theory's Key Prediction

Batool Alinezhad

Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2016, Pages 97-115

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.59416

Abstract
  In this paper, the validity of the key prediction of Adaptive Dispersion Theory was tested. According to this prediction, vowels of a given language are organized in such a way that ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Semantic Network of “Gereftan” in Persian Based on Principled Polysemy Model
The Semantic Network of “Gereftan” in Persian Based on Principled Polysemy Model

Mohammad Amozadeh; Gholamhossein Karimi Doostan; Babak Sharif

Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2016, Pages 117-136

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.59419

Abstract
  This article aims to analyze the semantics of the Persian verb “gereftan” by providing a transparent picture of its polysemous nature. The data under study are gathered ...  Read More
Research Paper
Bēstūn; Yesterday … Today
Bēstūn; Yesterday … Today

Azhideh Moqaddam

Volume 7, Issue 1 , September 2016, Pages 137-156

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.59420

Abstract
  “Bēstūn” other than a place name is the name of a noble lady mentioned in the Pahlavi book of Ayādgār ī Zarērān. This article presents the author’s revised ...  Read More