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The synchrony and diachrony of New Western Iranian nominal morphosyntax

Karim, Shuan Osman
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9727-1637
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1638313342357598

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2021, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Linguistics.
There is rich diversity in New Iranian nominal systems reflecting retentions from a common Old Iranian ancestor and many significant innovations. My primary aim is to engage in a discussion of the typological richness of inflection among these languages as comprehensively as possible. This work represents a combination of synchronic and diachronic linguistics, where a thorough theoretically anchored synchronic analysis feeds my otherwise diachronic study. I have divided the work into distinct sections that represent issues concerning the nominal morphology of the Iranian languages, focusing on those spoken in the Kurdish zone. These sections, taken together, demonstrate the breadth of issues concerning New Iranian nominal morphology. I begin with a typological overview of nominal systems in New Iranian languages focusing on the interaction of case, number, gender, and attribution marking. At the intersection of these features exist several patterns that establish the issues addressed in subsequent sections. Perhaps the most well-studied phenomenon in Iranian nominal morphology is the ezafe (attribution marker). Here, I break from previous work on the ezafe phenomenon by describing the syntactic combinatorics of the various attribution/possession strategies in New Iranian languages in a categorial framework (HTLCG). This analysis unifies two facts of Iranian languages: (1) adjectives are both attributive and substantive, and (2) nouns are the marked entity in attributive constructions. I use the principles established in my discussion of the ezafe to unify the analysis of the Iranian noun-phrase syntax and nominal morphology based on foundational assumptions of inferential–realizational morphology and Categorial Grammar. Additionally, I propose several novel solutions to issues in Iranian historical morphology.
Brian Joseph (Advisor)
Andrea Sims (Committee Member)
Robert Levine (Committee Member)
Ashwini Deo (Committee Member)
Björn Köhnlein (Committee Member)
351 p.
Language; Linguistics; Middle Eastern Studies
Iranian; Kurdish; Zazaki; Gorani; Persian; Ezafe; Construct; Historical Linguistics; Diachronic Linguistics; HTLCG; CG; Morphology

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  • Karim, S. O. (2021). The synchrony and diachrony of New Western Iranian nominal morphosyntax [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1638313342357598

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Karim, Shuan. The synchrony and diachrony of New Western Iranian nominal morphosyntax. 2021. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1638313342357598.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Karim, Shuan. "The synchrony and diachrony of New Western Iranian nominal morphosyntax." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1638313342357598

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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