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Persian (Descriptive Grammars)
β Scribed by Shahrzad Mahootian (with the assistance of Lewis Gebhardt)
- Publisher
- Routledge (Taylor & Francis)
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 404
- Edition
- 1
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Persian, or Farsi, is one of the world's oldest languages. Dating back to the sixth century B.C., it is spoken today by over forty million people in Iran and 5 million in Afghanistan. This is the first comprehensive grammar of Persian and provides detailed coverage of all its linguistic aspects, including the syntax, morphology and phonology.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
EDITORIAL STATEMENT......Page 4
Title......Page 6
ISBN......Page 7
CONTENTS......Page 10
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 21
ABBREVIATIONS......Page 22
Pronominal clitics......Page 23
INTRODUCTION......Page 26
1. SYNTAX......Page 30
2. MORPHOLOGY......Page 160
3. PHONOLOGY......Page 311
4. IDEOPHONES AND INTERJECTIONS......Page 368
5. LEXICON......Page 371
BIBLIOGRAPHY......Page 392
INDEX......Page 398
β¦ Subjects
Π―Π·ΡΠΊΠΈ ΠΈ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊΠΎΠ·Π½Π°Π½ΠΈΠ΅;ΠΠ΅ΡΡΠΈΠ΄ΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ ΡΠ·ΡΠΊ;
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