Explanation of the phrasal compounds in Persian within DM and Harley (2008) & Siddiqi (2009) approach

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Document Type : Original Article

Authors

• Omolbanin Khazaei ¹
• shoja Tafakkori rezayi ²
• Nahid Eslamihonar ¹
• Hedi Mardokhi ¹

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10.22067/jlkd.2024.88954.1257

Abstract

Explanation of the phrasal compounds in Persian within DM and Harley (2008) & Siddiqi (2009) approach

Abstract

In this research we studied phrasal compounds in Persian within Distributed Morphology and Harley (2008) & Siddiqi (2009) approach to determine the existence of phrasal compounds in Persian, and explain their structure within the distributed morphology. The results revealed that there are two kinds of phrasal compounds in Persian, respectively having [S + NP]N or [N/A + NP]N/A phrasal compounds which [N/A + PP]N/A structures. In Persian a phrasal compound can occupy the non-head position of another phrasal compound. This is revealed by data like “بادمجان-دور‌قاب‌چین” and “دست‌از‌جان‌شسته” which in turn confirm Pafel’s idea (2017). The results also showed that phrasal compounds in Persian are made in zero derivation level of Harley (2008). so that a noun-maker or an adjective-maker functional head is incorporated into a syntactic group by affixation, and based on the specific context and according to Pafel’s input-output rule (2017-2015) they are turned into a noun or an adjective. Finally it was shown that phrasal compounds in Persian have NN or AN structure. Persian data that are extracted by writers intuition and Tabatabaei (1387) confirmed DMs specific belief that morphological operation is done within the syntactic component.

Keywords: phrasal compound, Distributed Morphology, zero derivation level, input-output rule, Persian language.

Keywords

• phrasal compound
• Distributed Morphology
• zero derivation level
• input-output rule
• Persian language

Main Subjects

• Syntax