Research Paper
Verb-Preposing in Persian Yes-No Questions: 
A Minimalist Approach
Verb-Preposing in Persian Yes-No Questions: A Minimalist Approach

Shoja Tafakkori Rezayi; Hossein Moghni

Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2017, Pages 1-18

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.61522

Abstract
  This paper analyzes verb-preposing in yes-no questions in Persian within the Minimalist framework (Chomsky, 1995, 2000a-b). Raghibdoust (1993), in line with Karimi (1989), considers ...  Read More
Research Paper
An Optimality-Theoretic Account of Exceptionality & Optionality in Pre-Nasal Raising in Persian
An Optimality-Theoretic Account of Exceptionality & Optionality in Pre-Nasal Raising in Persian

Bashir Jam

Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2017, Pages 19-38

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.61523

Abstract
  Pre-nasal raising is a phonological process in Persian through which the low vowel /A/ changes to the high vowel [u] in the environment before nasals. While this process is obligatory ...  Read More
Research Paper
Ezafe Constructions in Persian Language from Goldberg’s Construction Grammar Perspective
Ezafe Constructions in Persian Language from Goldberg’s Construction Grammar Perspective

Hossein Razavian; Sedighe Kavusi Tajkoh; Sahar Bahrami Khorshid

Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2017, Pages 39-57

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.61524

Abstract
  Goldberg’s Construction Grammar is a cognitive linguistics approach which has considered ‘Constructions’ as the basic units of language. The present study aimed to ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Study of Reduplication Process in Kurdish Language Within Optimality Theory
The Study of Reduplication Process in Kurdish Language Within Optimality Theory

Seyed Mohammad Rzinejad; Farideh Allahyari

Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2017, Pages 59-75

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.61525

Abstract
  The process of word formation is an important subject in morphology. Among the word-formation processes, the reduplication process is common in most languages. Different studies in ...  Read More
Research Paper
The Nanosyntax of Element Movement in Circumpositions of Kurdish (Sorani Dialect)
The Nanosyntax of Element Movement in Circumpositions of Kurdish (Sorani Dialect)

Ebrahim Morady; Abbas Ali Ahangar; Gholamhosain Karimi doustan

Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2017, Pages 77-96

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.61526

Abstract
  This paper, based on nanosyntax, studies the semantico-syntactic contribution of Kurdish circumposition [elements (l{ ...(d) a, l{ ...{w{, w{...(d) a, w{ ...{w{) and their movement ...  Read More
Research Paper
Processing Null and Overt Pronouns in Persian
Processing Null and Overt Pronouns in Persian

hamideh marefat; Eskandar Samadi

Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2017, Pages 97-115

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.61527

Abstract
  ‌‌‌This study examined the processing of null and overt pronouns by Persian speaking monolinguals. Different theories have been suggested for the interpretation of these pronouns. ...  Read More
Research Paper
Bīstūn and Zaristūn Yesterday … Today
Bīstūn and Zaristūn Yesterday … Today

Azhideh Moqaddam

Volume 7, Issue 2 , January 2017, Pages 117-130

https://doi.org/10.22059/jolr.2016.61528

Abstract
  “Zaristūn” the princess whose name is mentioned beside the name of her sister “Bēstūn” in the Pahlavi book of Ayādgār ī Zarērān is a daughter of Arjāsp, ...  Read More