The Comparative and structured analysis of the phonological changes of “obtained VaV" in Persian Language and Shushtari dialect

The natives of Shushtar speak the Shushtari dialect in the northern region of Khuzestan province. This dialect has some differences with standard Persian in terms of phonetic and production of features. Some of the phonetic features and their manifestations used in the past (before Islam until about the eighth century AH, traces of which are left in Persian texts) and among Persian speakers still occurs in the Shushtari dialect. One of the surviving phonetic signs in this dialect is “obtained VaV " reflected in the speech interactions of the speakers of this region in the phonetic construction of the words. For this reason, the aim of the present study is to investigate the phonetic changes of “obtained VaV " in the situations and context of spoken and native Persian language. To achieve the objectives of this study, 70 native speakers in the age range of 35 to 75 years were interviewed. These interviews took place in a natural location and context in the Shushtar geographical area. One of the authors’ linguistic nature as well as some written sources were used to be cautious in the data collection process. The data were analyzed with sufficient evidence and according to some phonological processes such as " apposition". The research method is descriptive-analytical and concurrent. The results of the present study indicate that the sound cluster "obtained VaV" in some words has remained as it was used in the past, and in others, due to the phonological process of conversion, to a loud vowel or another vowel. It has become a different phoneme with its degrees of durability.