نشریه زبان فارسی و گویش های ایرانی
سال پنجم شماره 1 (پیاپی 9، بهار و تابستان 1399)

The present paper aims to support the VP-internal subject hypothesis in the Gilaki language within a minimalist perspective. The data of this qualitative research has been collected from different sources including the authors’ linguistic intuition and spoken and written texts. It is worth nothing that the variety of Gilaki selected and explored in this research is spoken in the center and west of the Guilan province. However, the findings can be generalized to all other varieties of Gilaki. We provided pieces of evidence from floating quantifiers, coordinate structure constraint, idiom chunks and raising in order to specify the base-position of the external argument (argument), and showed that the Gilaki data verify the VP-internal subject hypothesis. In fact, We argued that subject is base generated in [Spec,VP], and then move to [Spec,IP] to satisfy the Extended Projection Principle [EPP]. In other words, all arguments of the verbs including subject are base generated within VP, and the surface position of the subject [Spec,IP] hosts a derived subject.

This paper examines the case-marking and agreement system in Arani language within the theoretical framework of Chomsky's Minimalist Program (MP). Arani is one of the central dialects of Iran whose ancestry is unclear, but is closer to the Persian language (Boyce, 1998). The language has been extensively used in Iran for some time (Brunner, 1977), however, today it is limited to Aran-o-Bidgol, in the northeast of Isfahan province. In order to study and extract its ergative model, the sentences and data were collected through interviews with 20 speakers, and in a few cases, through questionnaires and a collection of books. The results of the data analysis showed that Arani language follows split ergativity. The present transitive verbs in this language represent the Nominative-Accusative pattern, and the past transitive verbs follow the Ergative-Absolutive pattern. In addition, the analysis of the data showed that the transitive verbs have no agreement with the object of the sentence, and they appear by default in the form of the third singular. The ergative case of the subject is inherent and conditional, and is marked by the doubling clitic. Also, in the compound verbs, the host of the clitic is the preverb of the compound verb.

The identification of prosodic feet and their syllable arrangements have an undeniably important role in identifying and categorizing families of poetic meters (buhūr) in Arabic and Persian prosody. Any confusion in the identification of poetic feet can lead to confusion in understanding and teaching prosody, just as proper organization of feet can facilitate the classification of meters and prosodic pedagogy. In this article, we will consider the Arabic pentasyllabic feet and their effect on Persian traditional prosody and evaluate the viewpoints of contemporary prosodists since Parviz Natel Khanlari, Abolhassan Najafi, and Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton. We will argue that, based on the poetic evidence, the use of pentasyllabic feet significantly helps us teach and categorize Persian meters and remove one of the important shortcomings of Persian prosody. Moreover, the present article will emphasize the necessity of using pentasyllabic feet in the study of prosody and will discuss the relationship between such feet and the circular ones (vazn-e dowrī).

This article investigates Tajvid phonological patterns, namely Izhar, Idgham, Ighlab and Ikhfa based on laboratory methodology. To this end, a corpus of Quranic verses read by 12 Qari (three native Arabic and 9 Iranian subjects) at two different rates of speech, namely Tahghigh and Tartil, was designed and gathered. The target words in the verses were those in which the coronal nasal consonant /n/ was placed always in word-final position before words starting either with a pharyngeal/glottal consonant /?،h،Ä،X،ð،À/ (Izhar), Yarmalun phonemes, namely /j،r،m،l،w،n/ (Idgham), the labial stop /b/ (Ighlab), or any consonant other than the three groups of consonants mentioned above (Ikhfa). Analyses were conducted on both the frequency and duration of the speech signals. Results suggested that Idgham and Ighlab follow one single phonological process whereby /n/ is assimilated to the place and manner of the following consonant while it retains its [+nasal] phonetic feature. /n/ in Izhar before pharyngeal/glottal consonants is realized as a typical coronal nasal, and in Ikhfa, it is not realized at all and is recognizable only through nasalization of the preceding vowel. Overall, based on the results of the study, we propose a new classification of Tajvid phonological patterns.

In this research, we aimed to find out the structural differences between the two linguistic languages, namely standard language and literary language. First, based on the contrastive analysis of the grammar books of the literary works with the standard grammar books, the differences between these two languages were extracted and then, based on the prevalence of these differences in literary works, we divided the less common language differences into six categories:1. Obsolete language components 2. Local language components 3. Linguistic components involved with low use 4. Newborn linguistic components 5. Linguistic errors, and 6. components of colloquial, slang and broken language. Then, based on the interference theory and also relying on the syntactic principles, we categorized the more commonplace language differences into three classes: 1. Elements of the literary language with the identical appearance relative to the standard language but with a different function 2. Components of the literary language with a different appearance from the standard language but with the same function 3. Elimination or displacement of sentence elements. Then, we presented a literary example in twelve language domains including phonetic system, nouns, adjectives, numbers, pronouns, relative pronouns, verbs, adverbs, letters, interjections, word formation (referring to neologism), and sentences.

Gender stereotypes can be considered as one of the prominent concepts in the field of socio-linguistics. These stereotypes are found at all levels of language application, including children’s literature, and play an important role in the reproduction of sexist language and patriarchal discourse. Through a descriptive- analytic method, the present study aims to investigate the aforementioned stereotypes in forty children’s stories of age groups “A” and “B” and seeks to compare the amount and the types of common stereotypes within the cultural linguistics framework as proposed by Sharifian (2016). Then, a linguistic and cultural interpretation of the stereotypes will be provided. The results of this study indicate that although the amount of gender stereotypes in children’s stories has been diminished in the past decades, patriarchal discourse is still remarkably present on the deep structure level and encodes its values and criteria through the presentation of gendered frameworks and roles in language and affects the audiences.

In this research, in order to find a consistent explanation for all the uses of present subjunctive in Farsi, by relying on a corpus of 3000 sentences, we managed to extract and classify all the functions of present subjunctive. We concluded that present subjunctive is used both in the simple and (relative, adverbial and complementary clauses in) compound sentences. In the simple sentences as well as the relative clauses subjunctive making elements are usually considered to be semantic. The subjunctive making elements in complementary and adverbial clauses are the main clause verb and linking word respectively. The paper also employs Comrie (1985) and Reichenbach’s (1947) tripartite distinction between speech time, event time, and reference time to show that present subjunctive has relative time. And also by choosing Darzi and Kwak (2015) approach in explaining the present subjunctive functions in complimentary clauses, we discussed its function in simple, relative and adverbial clauses in compound sentences. We concluded that reference time in simple and relative clauses is simultaneous with the speech time; such that these kinds of verbs necessarily refer to present or future. In the complementary clauses the main clause verb is considered to be the reference time of the present subjunctive verb. Reference time in the adverbial clauses, depending on the linking word, may be simultaneous with the speech time or main verb time. Whether the reference time is simultaneous with the speech time or main verb time, the subjunctive verb has got a “relative non-past time”. In the other words, compared to the reference time it refers to the future or present.

As a global phenomenon, loanwords are found in all languages. They could empower the target language, if being applied targetedly. Throughout the history, there have been vast linguistic relations between the Iranian province of Gilan and Russia. As a result of geographical proximity and long history of cultural, political, commercial, and military relations, many loanwords have entered the Gilaki dialect from Russian. Some of these loanwords could not be seen in the standard Persian language or other local dialects. In This paper, using Gilaki glossaries we will list Russian loanwords and will categorize them into: 1- loanwords which are not exclusive to the Gilaki dialect and could be seen in Persian language or other dialects. 2- loanwords that exclusively exist in the Gilaki dialect. Writing down the Russian equivalent for each loanword, we will also transcribe each one. Furthermore, the semantic, phonetic, and syntactic changes after transmission to the target language will be analyzed. The goal of this research is to introduce and explain the general process of word Borrowing in Gilaki. Studying the loanwords, we come to this conclusion that Borrowing mostly happens in lexical terms. The lion’s share of the loanwords is used in the everyday life of Gilak people and they rarely experience intensive semantic changes.

In the divan of Awhadi Maraghai, four ghazals are found in the ancient dialect of Isfahan people. The manuscripts are documented bearing some defects and modifications, such as some words which are not identical in the two different manuscripts; furthermore, the printed texts do not appear in better conditions. In 1963, Adib Toosi corrected, translated into Persian and transliterated three of these four ghazals in an article; however, his work was not flawless and in several parts of the article some defects could be characterized. Therefore, re-correcting and re-translating these three ghazals in addition to one he had not studied seems necessary. In this study, after the introduction, literature review and introducing the available manuscripts, all of the Awhadi’s dialectical ghazals were critically corrected, described, explained, and transliterated wherever it was necessary. Besides, describing and explaining the verses some defects of Adib Toosi’s article were mentioned.

Dialectometry is a quantitative approach to measure the differences among varying dialects using statistical measurement on a large number of linguistic features in a dialectal area. A dialect atlas, as such, displays variations of language across a geographical area. The present study employs an aggregate data analysis method as well as RuG/L04 dialectometry and cartography software to provide a perspective of phonological and lexical variation in Guilan province, Iran. The statistical population of the study includes residents of five Taleshi-speaking towns in Guilan province, i.e. Talesh, Rezvanshahr, Masal, Fuman and Shaft. Out of each town, 10 villages with more than 100 Taleshi-speaking households were selected. The selected participants were male and they were also classified in three age groups including the teen, the middle-aged and the elderly. The data were collected using Leipzig and Swadesh language questionnaires which include 65 words. The results indicated that there are similarities and differences of sound varieties in three parts of Taleshi i.e. northern, central and southern, which include varieties in alternation, consonants and vowels.

The choice of words and the representation of their structure and function are of great significance in linguistics. Based on the two principles of selection and collocation, each word finds unique linguistic-semantic features and conceptual-cognitive actions; and readers can understand both the text and the writer via their knowledge of the words. This study analyzes linguistic-semantic features and conceptual-cognitive actions of the words employed in Qeysar Aminpour’s poetry and views them as a personal representation of the poet based on Daniel Nettle’s table of five personality patterns. The results of the study show that Qeysar’s personality is multifaceted. In his Breathing the Morning, he is an extrovert due to such features as passion, excitement, and sociability. In Sudden Mirrors, he becomes prudent because of his perfectionism, mental organization, goal-orientedness, and social interactions. In Flowers Are All Sunflowers, he turns into an open-minded figure following his imagination, creativity, belief in the supernatural, and mystical and artistic tendencies. And in The Grammar of Love, traits like aversion to social pains, kindness and lovingness, and attraction to morality makes him introvert and compliant.

The past stem with its varied forms in different dialects of Balochi, like other Iranian languages which are inflected languages, has special value in morphology, grammar, and standardization etc. In this article the authors describe the morphological structures of past stems in Balochi using a diachronic-synchronic method. The basic sources for gathering data are the collection of 201 simple verbs of Bampuri dialect which is a western dialect of Baluchi. The verbs are arranged according to the morphemes used for representing past stems. The findings show that past stem in the Bampuri dialect of Balochi, with its varied uses, is represented in ten distinguished forms. Among them, five are regular and five others irregular. In addition, the structural differences are due to the four following factors: 1- historical remnants from Iranian languages, 2- morphological contexts, 3-dialectical differences, 4- analogy with other verbs.