Agreement Restrictions in Persian is the first comprehensive attempt to tackle the issue of verbal agreement in Persian from a cross-linguistic point of view. Persian is a field of research within theoretical linguistics that is yet to be sufficiently explored. This book adopts the Minimalist Program of Chomsky (1995-2004) which is at the forefront of recent theories of formal syntax and applies it to the Persian language.
Although it is commonly believed that in Persian the verb agrees with the subject, several constructions seem to constrain this obligatory rule. Adopting the framework of Distributed Morphology, the author argues that agreement is in fact obtained with the plural inanimate subjects but a morphological rule may block the result. Unlike the previous analyses which consider the experiencer as the subject of the psychological constructions, the author argues that the psychological state is the subject of the sentence. The findings of this book not only contribute to better understanding of Persian syntax, but also have important implications for grammar theory.
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Bibliographische Angaben
Auflage
1/2010
Copyrightjahr
2010
ISBN-Print
978-90-8728-093-2
ISBN-Online
978-94-006-0015-7
Verlag
Leiden University Press, Leiden
Reihe
Iranian Studies Series
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
144
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
KapitelSeiten
Acknowledgements Kein Zugriff
Table of Contents Kein Zugriff
Chapter 1: Introduction Kein Zugriff Seiten 1 - 20
Chapter 2: Animacy and Agreement Restriction in Persian Kein Zugriff Seiten 21 - 48
Chapter 3: Psychological Verbs and Multiple Subject Constructions Kein Zugriff Seiten 49 - 76
4. Psychological verbs in Persian and Applied Arguments Kein Zugriff Seiten 77 - 120
Chapter 5: Concluding Remarks Kein Zugriff Seiten 121 - 122
References Kein Zugriff Seiten 123 - 132
List of Abbreviations Kein Zugriff Seiten 133 - 133
Backlist Iranian Studies Series Kein Zugriff Seiten 134 - 135
