Persian

Negar Davari Ardakani, Mahdiye Arvin

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    Abstract

    Persian (Indo-European, Indo-Iranian) is the national language of more than 70 million people in Iran and is also spoken in Tajikistan and Afghanistan with minor phonological, morphologic a rare syntactic differences. Old Persian was a typical inflected language, systematically cognate with its contemporaries Classical Greek and Sanskrit. By the late Middle Persian period, however, the language had undergone a radical reduction of inflectional endings, thus assuming a closer resemblance to the analytical structure characteristic of New Persian. The lexical morphology, although reduced in number and variety of forms, expanded in scope and flexibility (Perry 200, 9779). Perry believes that Persian morphology cannot be meaningfully discussed without incidental appeal to syntax. He expresses the view that in New Persian, not only is todays morphology yesterdays syntax, but also todays syntax keeps a firm hold on morphological categories and relations.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationEdinburgh Handbook of Evaluative Morphology
    EditorsNicola Grandi and Lívia Körtvélyessy
    Place of PublicationEdinburgh
    PublisherEdinburgh University Press
    Pages287-295
    Volume1
    Edition1st
    ISBN (Print)9780748671754
    Publication statusPublished - 2015

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