Study of slang language elements in Masnavi Manavi (books one to three)

Colloquialism is one of the manifestations of the language system. Some of mystics' audiences were the common people. Mowlana, as a greatest mystic poet of Iran, has widely used colloquial language elements in Masnavi to convey high moral and mystical concepts. The purpose of this research is extraction and analysis of colloquial language elements in books1-3 of Masnavi.

Leading research is a theoretical study conducted in the style of library research. The population was the first to third books of Masnavi.

Among phonological processes, elimination and mutation had the highest frequency. Nouns including onomatopoeia and nouns related to local accents form the main part of the noun category. In the verb section prefixed verbs, compound verbs and verb phrase which were generally ironical, had the highest frequency. In addition, the main part of the colloquial adjectives is curses, ironical expressions and adjectives belonging to local accents. The clauses especially interjections had also constituted a relatively significant number of the colloquial vocabulary in Masnavi. Adverbs were less common and prepositions, conjunctions, and pronouns have only minor occurrence. There was also a high frequency of proverbs as a symbol of colloquial sentences. In stories based on the charactersthe frequency of colloquialism elements usage is high.

Mowlana has used colloquial language elements at three levels of phonological processes, vocabulary, and sentences. He has brought his language closer to the language of the common people in order to arouse the desire of the audience and guide him towards a better understanding of the complex concepts of Masnavi.