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Complex Predicates in Modern Persian: A Functional Characterization - Hardcover

Saeedi, Zari

 
9781781792186: Complex Predicates in Modern Persian: A Functional Characterization
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1781792186 ISBN 13: 9781781792186
Publisher: University of Toronto Press, 2016

Synopsis

This book is concerned with the issue of predication as the central theme of all linguistic theories. In some languages ‘verbs’ are not the only predicative elements. Other word categories have the same capability. This book focuses on the constructions where a predicative adjective or preposition fuses with a ‘bleached verb’ as the impoverished form of the verbal element to form what is called a complex predicate or ‘nuclear juncture’. The framework adopted here is Role and Reference Grammar theory (Van Valin, 2005).

These complex predicates in Persian have received little attention in literature and the few studies carried out have not provided a detailed analysis of these nuclear junctures. Complex Predicates in Modern Persian scrutinizes the types of adjectives/prepositions used in these constructions and the syntax-semantics interface using the data in Persian, one of the oldest Indo-European languages.

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About the Author

Zari Saeedi is Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran.

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Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Publication date
2016
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1781792186
ISBN 13 
9781781792186
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
256