Arsalan Kahnemuyipour
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 846597 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Arsalan Kahnemuyipour |
| NOMBRES | Arsalan |
| APELLIDO | Kahnemuyipour |
| FIRMA | KAHNEMUYIPOUR A |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3816-3265 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 18 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 18 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 4 |
Agreeing against the odds
This paper investigates split ergativity in Laki (Northwestern Iranian). Present-stem verbs follow the accusative alignment and past-stem verbs follow the ergative alignment. We argue that T and v are two loci of agreement in the ergative alignment. As a result of an Agree relation with v , the φ-features of the external argument are realized as a clitic. However, we argue that obtaining agreement with T depends on the argument type and its acces…
The morphosyntax of Ezafe in Southern Zazaki
The present study describes and analyzes the morphosyntactic expression of the Southern Zazaki Ezafe – a linking element in the nominal domain common among Iranian languages. This morpheme is used to link modifiers (i.e. adjectives and possessors) to their head nouns as follows: n - ez 1 mod 1- ez 2 mod 2- ez 3 mod 3. Southern Zazaki, like other languages of the Kurdish region (and unlike, e.g. Persian) reflects phi-features (and case) of the hea…
Gilaki reverse Ezafe
This paper examines a nominal linker (known as reverse Ezafe) in the Caspian language Gilaki. It is shown that the nominal linker in Gilaki is in fact the realization of two different morphosyntactic elements with distinct properties. In doing so, we also highlight the differences between reverse Ezafe and Ezafe, found in Persian and other Iranian languages. This study has implications for the typology of nominal linkers, leading to the conclusio…
Agree and the subjects of specificational clauses
This article investigates agreement in Persian sentences with a specificational copular clause embedded under the epistemic modal tavānestan 'can'. We argue that this structure is a raising structure. It exhibits agreement on both the embedded and modal verbs. Crucially, while the subject fails to control agreement in the embedded clause, it successfully controls agreement on the modal. We argue that the subject's failure to form an Agree relatio…
Nominalization in Persian
This paper uses a novel argument based on nominalization to argue for a low structural position for negation in Persian. This proposal is advanced in two stages. First, the paper investigates nominalization in Persian to identify the height at which nominal structure is introduced. Using evidence from the distribution of various kinds of syntactic objects in the context of nominalization, it will be argued that nominalization occurs at the level …
Object attraction and the role of structural hierarchy
Research on subject-verb agreement production in SVO languages has shown that objects moved pre-verbally sometimes trigger attraction, i.e., erroneous agreement of the verb with the object rather than the subject. Moreover, objects c-commanding one of the agreement positions in the hierarchical structure were found to generate stronger attraction than those linearly preceding them. Evidence for the role of c-command comes from the observation tha…
Word-internal modification
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Split noun phrase topicalization in Eshkevarat Gilaki
Split noun phrase topicalization has been the subject of intense studies across languages in the syntactic literature of the last few decades. One of the key questions raised for these constructions is whether they involve syntactic movement or base-generation. This paper explores this phenomenon in two understudied Iranian languages, Gilaki (Northwestern Iranian, Caspien) and Persian. In particular, we explore splits in two contexts, possessive …
Not all phi-features are created equal
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Non-canonical agreement in copular clauses
In this paper we investigate cross-linguistic variation in the morphosyntax of copular clauses, focusing on agreement patterns in binominal structures [NP1 BE NP2]. Our starting point is the alternation between NP1 and NP2 agreement, which arises both within and across languages. This alternation is typically taken to be confined to specificational (i.e. inverted) clauses, and previous analyses have strongly identified NP2 agreement with the synt…
On the Positional Distribution of an Armenian Auxiliary
This paper investigates the positional distribution of an auxiliary clitic in Eastern Armenian in informationally marked sentences. The paper builds on previous work on the distribution of the auxiliary in focus-neutral contexts (Kahnemuyipour & Megerdoomian 2011), where its placement was analyzed as second position within the lower phase domain (orvP), thereby extending the inventory of known second-position phenomena from the clause to the smal…
News, somewhat exaggerated
Ambridge, Pine, and Lieven (AP&L) claim that the knowledge attributed to children by the proponents of UG does not account for language acquisition, bringing evidence from several domains. In this response, we take issue with their claims with respect to two domains. In the case of categories, where distributional learning plays an important role, we argue that AP&L fail to recognize recent analyses showing that abstract representations yield bet…
Revisiting the Persian Ezafe construction
Second-Position Clitics in the vP Phase
January 01 2011 Second-Position Clitics in the vP Phase: The Case of the Armenian Auxiliary In Special Collection: CogNet Arsalan Kahnemuyipour, Arsalan Kahnemuyipour University of Toronto. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Karine Megerdoomian Karine Megerdoomian MITRE. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Arsalan Kahnemuyipour University of Toronto. Kar…
Deriving the order of heads and adjuncts
This paper examines substantive noun phrases in Niuean, a Polynesian language of the Tongic subgroup with VSO word order, isolating morphology, and an ergative case system. We describe the allowable orderings of elements in the Niuean noun phrase, which include certain variations in the placement of numerals and the genitive possessor, then we provide a phrasal movement analysis for these variations, treating first the possessor variation, then t…
Syntactic Categories and Persian Stress
On Wh -questions in Persian
This article explores wh -questions in Persian and examines how the “clausal typing hypothesis” and the “focus-fronting analysis” fare with respect to Persian wh -questions. It is shown that Persian wh -questions involve obligatory movement of wh -phrases to a preverbal focus position. This movement is different from syntactic wh -movement in that it does not involve movement of the wh -phrase to [Spec, CP], whose trigger is a [+wh] feature in C.…
Word Is a Phrase, Phonologically
The purpose of this paper is to provide a unified (i.e. independent of lexical categories) account of Persian stress. I show that by differentiating word- and phrase-level stress rules, one can account for the superficial differences exemplified in (1) above and many of the stipulations suggested by previous scholars. The paper is organized as follows. In section 1, I look at nouns and adjectives and propose a rule that would account for their st…
Syntactic Categories and Persian Stress
Non-canonical agreement in copular clauses
In this paper we investigate cross-linguistic variation in the morphosyntax of copular clauses, focusing on agreement patterns in binominal structures [NP1 BE NP2]. Our starting point is the alternation between NP1 and NP2 agreement, which arises both within and across languages. This alternation is typically taken to be confined to specificational (i.e. inverted) clauses, and previous analyses have strongly identified NP2 agreement with the synt…
Revisiting the Persian Ezafe construction
Second-Position Clitics in the vP Phase
January 01 2011 Second-Position Clitics in the vP Phase: The Case of the Armenian Auxiliary In Special Collection: CogNet Arsalan Kahnemuyipour, Arsalan Kahnemuyipour University of Toronto. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Karine Megerdoomian Karine Megerdoomian MITRE. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Arsalan Kahnemuyipour University of Toronto. Kar…
On the Positional Distribution of an Armenian Auxiliary
This paper investigates the positional distribution of an auxiliary clitic in Eastern Armenian in informationally marked sentences. The paper builds on previous work on the distribution of the auxiliary in focus-neutral contexts (Kahnemuyipour & Megerdoomian 2011), where its placement was analyzed as second position within the lower phase domain (orvP), thereby extending the inventory of known second-position phenomena from the clause to the smal…
Not all phi-features are created equal
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Word Is a Phrase, Phonologically
The purpose of this paper is to provide a unified (i.e. independent of lexical categories) account of Persian stress. I show that by differentiating word- and phrase-level stress rules, one can account for the superficial differences exemplified in (1) above and many of the stipulations suggested by previous scholars. The paper is organized as follows. In section 1, I look at nouns and adjectives and propose a rule that would account for their st…
On Wh -questions in Persian
This article explores wh -questions in Persian and examines how the “clausal typing hypothesis” and the “focus-fronting analysis” fare with respect to Persian wh -questions. It is shown that Persian wh -questions involve obligatory movement of wh -phrases to a preverbal focus position. This movement is different from syntactic wh -movement in that it does not involve movement of the wh -phrase to [Spec, CP], whose trigger is a [+wh] feature in C.…
Syntactic Categories and Persian Stress
Deriving the order of heads and adjuncts
This paper examines substantive noun phrases in Niuean, a Polynesian language of the Tongic subgroup with VSO word order, isolating morphology, and an ergative case system. We describe the allowable orderings of elements in the Niuean noun phrase, which include certain variations in the placement of numerals and the genitive possessor, then we provide a phrasal movement analysis for these variations, treating first the possessor variation, then t…
Second-Position Clitics in the vP Phase
January 01 2011 Second-Position Clitics in the vP Phase: The Case of the Armenian Auxiliary In Special Collection: CogNet Arsalan Kahnemuyipour, Arsalan Kahnemuyipour University of Toronto. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Karine Megerdoomian Karine Megerdoomian MITRE. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Scholar Author and Article Information Arsalan Kahnemuyipour University of Toronto. Kar…
News, somewhat exaggerated
Ambridge, Pine, and Lieven (AP&L) claim that the knowledge attributed to children by the proponents of UG does not account for language acquisition, bringing evidence from several domains. In this response, we take issue with their claims with respect to two domains. In the case of categories, where distributional learning plays an important role, we argue that AP&L fail to recognize recent analyses showing that abstract representations yield bet…
Revisiting the Persian Ezafe construction
Non-canonical agreement in copular clauses
In this paper we investigate cross-linguistic variation in the morphosyntax of copular clauses, focusing on agreement patterns in binominal structures [NP1 BE NP2]. Our starting point is the alternation between NP1 and NP2 agreement, which arises both within and across languages. This alternation is typically taken to be confined to specificational (i.e. inverted) clauses, and previous analyses have strongly identified NP2 agreement with the synt…
On the Positional Distribution of an Armenian Auxiliary
This paper investigates the positional distribution of an auxiliary clitic in Eastern Armenian in informationally marked sentences. The paper builds on previous work on the distribution of the auxiliary in focus-neutral contexts (Kahnemuyipour & Megerdoomian 2011), where its placement was analyzed as second position within the lower phase domain (orvP), thereby extending the inventory of known second-position phenomena from the clause to the smal…
Split noun phrase topicalization in Eshkevarat Gilaki
Split noun phrase topicalization has been the subject of intense studies across languages in the syntactic literature of the last few decades. One of the key questions raised for these constructions is whether they involve syntactic movement or base-generation. This paper explores this phenomenon in two understudied Iranian languages, Gilaki (Northwestern Iranian, Caspien) and Persian. In particular, we explore splits in two contexts, possessive …
Not all phi-features are created equal
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Word-internal modification
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Object attraction and the role of structural hierarchy
Research on subject-verb agreement production in SVO languages has shown that objects moved pre-verbally sometimes trigger attraction, i.e., erroneous agreement of the verb with the object rather than the subject. Moreover, objects c-commanding one of the agreement positions in the hierarchical structure were found to generate stronger attraction than those linearly preceding them. Evidence for the role of c-command comes from the observation tha…
Nominalization in Persian
This paper uses a novel argument based on nominalization to argue for a low structural position for negation in Persian. This proposal is advanced in two stages. First, the paper investigates nominalization in Persian to identify the height at which nominal structure is introduced. Using evidence from the distribution of various kinds of syntactic objects in the context of nominalization, it will be argued that nominalization occurs at the level …
Agree and the subjects of specificational clauses
This article investigates agreement in Persian sentences with a specificational copular clause embedded under the epistemic modal tavānestan 'can'. We argue that this structure is a raising structure. It exhibits agreement on both the embedded and modal verbs. Crucially, while the subject fails to control agreement in the embedded clause, it successfully controls agreement on the modal. We argue that the subject's failure to form an Agree relatio…
The morphosyntax of Ezafe in Southern Zazaki
The present study describes and analyzes the morphosyntactic expression of the Southern Zazaki Ezafe – a linking element in the nominal domain common among Iranian languages. This morpheme is used to link modifiers (i.e. adjectives and possessors) to their head nouns as follows: n - ez 1 mod 1- ez 2 mod 2- ez 3 mod 3. Southern Zazaki, like other languages of the Kurdish region (and unlike, e.g. Persian) reflects phi-features (and case) of the hea…
Gilaki reverse Ezafe
This paper examines a nominal linker (known as reverse Ezafe) in the Caspian language Gilaki. It is shown that the nominal linker in Gilaki is in fact the realization of two different morphosyntactic elements with distinct properties. In doing so, we also highlight the differences between reverse Ezafe and Ezafe, found in Persian and other Iranian languages. This study has implications for the typology of nominal linkers, leading to the conclusio…
Agreeing against the odds
This paper investigates split ergativity in Laki (Northwestern Iranian). Present-stem verbs follow the accusative alignment and past-stem verbs follow the ergative alignment. We argue that T and v are two loci of agreement in the ergative alignment. As a result of an Agree relation with v , the φ-features of the external argument are realized as a clitic. However, we argue that obtaining agreement with T depends on the argument type and its acces…
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (17 obras) · Linguistics (16 obras) · Philosophy (16 obras) · Computer Science (13 obras) · Mathematics (8 obras) · Natural language processing (8 obras) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (7 obras) · Noun (7 obras) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (6 obras) · Persian (6 obras)