In linguistics morphology, clitics are considered as a set of special units which cannot be categorized under free or bound morphemes, and therefore, seriously question the traditional view of dividing morphemes into the two groups of free and bound morphemes. Clitics represent some characteristics of words and simultaneously, possess some important properties of the bound morphemes as well. The study of clitics covers a wide domain including morphology and syntax. The present study aims to investigate the morphological structure of clitics in Persian based on a set of universal parameters. In doing so, the typological models of Aikhenvald (2003), Bickel and Nichols (2007), and Klavans (1985) were used. The results of the present study show that the proposed model of Aikhenvald was proved to be a scientific instrument for distinguishing Persian clitics from non-clitic units.
Sorahi, M. A. and Alinezhad, B. (2013). A Typological Study of Clitics in Persian. Journal of Linguistics and Khorasan Dialects, 5(8), 103-130. doi: 10.22067/lj.v5i8.34489
MLA
Sorahi, M. A. , and Alinezhad, B. . "A Typological Study of Clitics in Persian", Journal of Linguistics and Khorasan Dialects, 5, 8, 2013, 103-130. doi: 10.22067/lj.v5i8.34489
HARVARD
Sorahi, M. A., Alinezhad, B. (2013). 'A Typological Study of Clitics in Persian', Journal of Linguistics and Khorasan Dialects, 5(8), pp. 103-130. doi: 10.22067/lj.v5i8.34489
CHICAGO
M. A. Sorahi and B. Alinezhad, "A Typological Study of Clitics in Persian," Journal of Linguistics and Khorasan Dialects, 5 8 (2013): 103-130, doi: 10.22067/lj.v5i8.34489
VANCOUVER
Sorahi, M. A., Alinezhad, B. A Typological Study of Clitics in Persian. Journal of Linguistics and Khorasan Dialects, 2013; 5(8): 103-130. doi: 10.22067/lj.v5i8.34489
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