Volume 15 (2024)
Volume 14 (2023)
Volume 13 (2022)
Volume 12 (2021)
Volume 11 (2020)
Volume 10 (2019)
Volume 9 (2018)
Volume 8 (2017)
Volume 7 (2017)
Volume 6 (2015)
Volume 5 (2014)
Volume 4 (2013)
Volume 3 (2012)
Volume 2 (2012)
Volume 1 (2010)
Number of Articles: 10
Secondary Predicates in Persian, A Minimalist Approach
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 1-21
Abstract
Secondary predicates are among the syntactic structures that have been neglected by the traditional Persian grammarians, but in the course of the last four decades of studies in generative ... Read More
A Constructional Study of the Compounds of Body Part “Del” (Heart) in Persian
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 23-43
Abstract
This study aims at examining the construction of the word-formation pattern of [del-X] (compounds of “heart”) and investigating its semantic variations, the most general ... Read More
A Constructional Cognitive Approach to the Persian Suffix ‘-gɑr’
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 45-66
Abstract
The suffix ‘-gɑr’ is a nominal and adjectival suffix in Persian which is believed by most researchers to express the subjective (agentive) meaning. The purpose of the present ... Read More
An Optimality-Theoretic Account of Phonology-Semantics Interaction in Persian
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 67-87
Abstract
The relationship between semantics and phonology is generally denied (Archangeli & Pulleyblank, 1994: 5, 433). That is, semantic and phonological changes usually apply independently. ... Read More
Semantic Changes of "Var / Bar"
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 89-107
Abstract
Some linguistic forms may become polysemous through language changes and lose their core meaning. Sometimes these forms may stay as relics in different constructions and their core ... Read More
The Effect of Persian Conjunctions Use on Azerbaijani Turkish
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 109-128
Abstract
The aim of this research is to study the borrowing of Persian conjunctions by speakers of Azerbayjani Turkish and its effect on their language. Data were collected from Azerbayjani ... Read More
Toward a Cognitive Taxonomy for Explicitating Shifts in Translation
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 129-150
Abstract
In this paper, we attempt to present an alternative approach to the concept of translational explicitaion. First, we shortly evaluate the validity of a fundamental presupposition widespread ... Read More
Swear Speech Act in a Community of Practice: A sociolinguistic study with an emphasis on the Pragmatics of the Discourse of Iranian Modern Market
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 151-169
Abstract
In spite of the significance, frequency, and function of swearing in many discourse communities and cultures, swear speech act has not been adequately studied with regard to Linguistics ... Read More
A Task-Oriented Perspective of Temporal Fluctuation of Motivation for Learning Persian among Foreign Students in Iran
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 171-194
Abstract
Motivation for learning a new language is both self and time-oriented. The language learner’s motivation experiences gradual fluctuation over time and the view of oneself is different ... Read More
Lexical Functional Grammar Levels of Representation in Certain Persian Syntactic Structures
Volume 9, Issue 2 , January 2019, Pages 195-214