Productivity in Persian Compounding Processes

The present study investigates the productivity of compounding process in Persian. Productivity، the creation of new word forms based on the present language rules، is one of the crucial properties of every language. It exists in all language modules including morphology. Most of the scholars studying productivity consider it as a continuum from fully-productive to unproductive with semi-productive processes in between. In the present study، the authors attempt to investigate productivity of compounding process in Persian language. Morphological productivity measurement methods introduced by Baayen (1994) are employed in order to investigate the abovementioned productivity process. It should be mentioned that each method measures different aspects of productivity.