Document Type : Research Paper
Authors
1 Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabatab'i University, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Persian Literature and Foreign Languages, Allameh Tabataba'i University
3 Department of Linguistics, Allameh Tabataba'i University
Abstract
Linguistic typology is the systematic study of linguistic variation and word order is one of its main topics. In this paper, word order components are studied in the varieties of Kurdish, Laki, and Luri languages spoken in Chardawol, a geographical region located in the north of Ilam province in Iran. For this purpose, the 24 components used in Dabir-Moghaddam (1392) to determine word order status in languages were employed and examples were provided for each component for the 3 varieties in this study. Results showed a high degree of convergence between the 3 language varieties in the geographical region of Chardawol, which is itself a manifestation of 'regional typology'. A comparison of word order components in the 3 varieties with the languages of Europe-Asia showed that all 3 mainly behave as strong verb-medial languages (with 17 components out of 24). Verb-medial status of these languages was also confirmed in a comparison with world languages (19 components out of 24).
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