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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789763303321

Autore

Sedighi Anousha <1973->

Titolo

Agreement restrictions in Persian / / Anousha Sedighi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Leiden] : , : Leiden University Press, , 2010

ISBN

1-283-23196-4

9786613231963

94-006-0015-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 pages)

Collana

Iranian studies series

Disciplina

491.555

Soggetti

Persian language - Agreement

Persian language - Morphology

Persian language - Syntax

Persian language - Verb

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction -- 2. Animacy and agreement restriction in Persian -- 3. Psychological verbs and multiple subject constructions -- 4. Psychological verbs in Persian and applied arguments -- 5. Concluding remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

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.