Persian

by Shahrzad Mahootian

Overview

Persian, or Farsi, is one of the world's oldest languages. Dating back to the sixth century B.C., it is spoken today by over forty million people in Iran and 5 million in Afghanistan. This is the first comprehensive grammar of Persian and provides detailed coverage of all its linguistic aspects, including the syntax, morphology and phonology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415023115
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	05/29/1997
Series:	Descriptive Grammars
Pages:	404
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction, CHAPTER 1. SYNTAX, 1.1 GENERAL PROPERTIES, 1.2 STRUCTURAL QUESTIONS, 1.3 COORDINATION, 1.4 NEGATION, 1.5 ANAPHORA, 1.6 REFLEXIVES, 1.7 RECIPROCALS, 1.8 COMPARISON, 1.9 EQUATIVE, ‘1.10 POSSESSION, 1.11 EMPHASIS, 1.12 TOPIC, 1.13 HEAVY SHIFT, 1.14 OTHER MOVEMENT RULES, 1.15 MINOR SENTENCE TYPES, 1.16 WORD CLASSES, CHAOTER 2 MORPHOLOGY, 2.1 INFECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY, 2.2 DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY, CHAPTER 3 PHONOLOGY, 3.1 PHONOLOGICAL UNITS, 3.2 PHONOTACTICS, 3.4 SUPRASEGMENTALS, 3.4 MORPHONOLOGY (SEGMENTAL), 3.5 SUPRASEGMENTAL MORPHPHONOLOGY, CHAPTER 4 IDEAPHONES, 4.1 IDEAPHONES, 4.2 INTERJECTIONS, CHAPTER 5 LEXICON, 5.1 STRUCTUTRAL SEMATICS FIELD, 5.2 BASIC VOCABULARY.