Modality, aspect and negation in Persian / by Azita Hojatollah Taleghani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taleghani, Azita H. (Azita Hojatollah)

Series:

Linguistik aktuell/linguistics today ; v. 128

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Persian language--Aspect.

Persian language.

Persian language--Mood.

Persian language--Negatives.

Persian language--Verb.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (198 p.)

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, PA : John Benjamins Pub., 2008.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This monograph presents a morpho-syntactic investigation on modality, aspect, and negation by concentrating on Persian, and is designed to contribute to theoretical linguistics and the study of Iranian languages. The analysis is based on the Minimalist program. This research challenges the idea that the syntactic structure maps on the semantic interpretation or vice versa. The discussion presented in this monograph shows that the syntactic structure of Persian modals is uniform no matter if the modals are interpreted as having root or epistemic readings. Although it is claimed that modals are raising constructions in different languages, modals in Persian, which does not have subject-raising constructions, show a different syntactic behavior. Furthermore, the structural analysis of the interaction of Persian modals and negation shows that because of the scope interaction of negation and modals, the syntactic structure of modals with respect to negation mostly corresponds to the semantic interpretation of modals.

Contents:

Introduction. The goal of the research ; Persian phrase structure ; Data : tense, aspect, modality, and negation ; Theoretical framework

Mood and modality in Persian : morpho-syntactic and semantic view. Persian modals : morpho-syntactic classifications ; Persian modals : semantic view ; The interaction of mood and modality ; Persian modals and event structure ; Conclusion

Persian modals : syntactic representation. Syntactic structure of modals : an overview ; Persian modals : raising or control construction ; Syntactic vs. semantic control ; Restructuring ; Persian modals : structural position ; Conclusion

Negation. Morpho-syntax of negation cross-linguistically ; Negation : syntactic structure ; Negation in Persian ; Tense and aspect in Persian ; The interaction of negation and tense in Persian ; Aspectual complex predicates and negation ; Conclusion

Interaction of modality with negation. Two linguistic strategies for showing the interaction of modality and negation ; The interaction of Persian modals and negation : MSS or NP ; The interaction of Persian modality and negation : structural analysis ; Conclusion

Persian word order : reconsideration. Persian clausal arguments : an overview ; The position of clausal arguments inside Complex Modal Predicates ; Conclusion

Concluding remarks.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612105463

9781282105461

1282105469

9789027290687

9027290687

OCLC:

712979982