Pegah Faghiri
Biographic Data
| ID | 1453717 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pegah Faghiri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pegah |
| FAMILY NAME | Faghiri |
| SIGNATURE | FAGHIRI P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Amsterdam |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9121-6330 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Word order variation in Kurmanji ditransitive constructions
The placement and realization of direct and indirect objects (henceforth DO and IO) in Kurmanji is subject to variation; e.g., DO and IO can be placed before or after one another in the preverbal domain; IO can be placed before the verb as an adpositional phrase, or, if recipient, it can be realized as a noun phrase (NP) after the verb. Although the postverbal variant has been the subject of a number of studies, the relative order between DO and …
Optional subject indexing in spontaneous speech in Modern Persian
This article presents a case of (non-canonical) optional subject marking observed exclusively in spontaneous speech. Persian is a pro-drop language with obligatory subject agreement marked by verbal suffixes and a set of clitic pronouns serving different functions, e.g., pronominal objects encliticized to the verb. In standard Persian, subject agreement for the 3rd person singular (3SG) is consistently realized by zero in past tenses; however, as…
Subject realization in Uruangnirin
This study uses a quantitative approach to investigate subject realization in 659 clauses in Uruangnirin, an endangered Austronesian language of eastern Indonesia. In this language, subjects may be referenced in the clause with an NP, pronoun or zero pronoun, and they are optionally indexed on the verb. We establish that the most common combination is to drop the subject in the clause while indexing it on the verb. We find that verbs are more lik…
Argument indexing in Kamang
Kamang (Alor-Pantar, non-Austronesian/Papuan) has a typologically unusual system of argument indexing, in which the S or P argument can be indexed on the verb by one of several prefix paradigms. Some verbs always show indexing, while others exhibit differential argument indexing (DAI). In DAI, the use of a particular prefix paradigm or zero marking depends on different (combinations of) factors. We investigate the effects of argument role (S, P),…
Introduction to Lexical constraints in grammar
This is an introduction to the Special Issue Lexical constraints in grammar: Minority verb classes and restricted alternations. In many languages, grammatical relations are subject to lexical constraints. These constraints can be manifested in different morphosyntactic domains, for instance, through deviation from canonical case frames or different argument indexation patterns. Other constructions that have been studied through this lens are voic…
On the persistence of SVO
This study addresses the issue of unmarked word order in Modern Eastern Armenian (MEA), typologically considered a flexible (S)OV language due to its being strongly left-branching as well as the syntactic properties of its VP (focus, bare objects, low adverbs). However, Armenian grammars generally consider (S)VO to be the canonical order. We have conducted a corpus study and two sentence production experiments to tackle this controversy. These st…
Bi-absolutive constructions in Chechen
This study presents new data on the bi-absolutive construction in Chechen, a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in the northern Caucasus. The basic case frame in a transitive clause in Chechen is ergative-absolutive. In progressive constructions with an auxiliary and a simultaneous converb, the basic case frame alternates with an absolutive-absolutive – or bi-absolutive – construction. To assess the factors conditioning this alternation, we use da…
An experimental perspective on embedded gapping in Persian
This paper empirically tests the embedding constraints on gapping in Persian. It has been suggested that gapping differs from other kinds of ellipsis in banning embedding. However, the first counter-examples in the literature come from Persian. Following up on previous experiments on embedded gapping in several languages, we report the results of two acceptability judgment tasks. Our results show that, while embedded gapping is overall acceptable…
Thomas Jügel, Pollet Samvelian. “Topic agreement, experiencer constructions, and the weight of clitics”
Cet article aborde la grammaticalisation des pronoms clitiques comme marqueurs d’accord dans les langues iraniennes pour corroborer le scénario selon lequel, lors du passage de l’alignement ergatif à l’accusatif, les clitiques coindexés avec le sujet (oblique) et correspondant au thème de la phrase, auraient été réanalysés comme marques d’accord sujet-verbe, remplaçant ainsi graduellement l’accord avec l’objet. Examinant la réalisation du sujet d…
Contribution méthodologique à l’étude de l’ordre des mots
Le questionnaire de jugement d’acceptabilité est un outil très accessible pour étudier divers phénomènes syntaxiques mais pas aussi performant que les expériences de production lorsqu’il s’agit d’étudier la variation syntaxique. Nous présentons un paradigme de production comprenant une tâche de complétion de phrases qui prend la forme de questionnaires auto-administrés. Pour mettre en évidence les avantages de ce paradigme par rapport aux questio…
Syntaxe quantitative et expérimentale
Dans cet article, nous abordons la question des données utilisées dans la recherche en syntaxe. Nous proposons d'abord une approche critique des jugements de grammaticalité, employées traditionnellement en syntaxe formelle, en pointant leur variabilité et leur dimension gradiente ; puis, nous présentons les différents aspects méthodologiques de la syntaxe quantitative et expérimentale, en insistant sur la complémentarité d'un travail à partir de …
Word order preferences and the effect of phrasal length in SOV languages
Heaviness (or phrasal length) has been shown to trigger mirror-image constituent ordering preferences in head-initial and head-final languages (heavy-late vs. heavy-first). These preferences are commonly attributed to a general cognitive pressure for processing efficiency obtained by minimizing the overall head-dependents linear distance – measured as the distance between the verb and the head of its left/right-most complement (Hawkins’s Minimizi…
Re-thinking Compositionality in Persian Complex Predicates
Persian Complex Predicates (CPs) have been a focus of interest during the last two decades. Their formation (i.e. morphological/lexical vs. phrasal/syntactic) and their interpretation (compositional vs. idiomatic) have been thoroughly inves-tigated and various analyses have been proposed to account for their seemingly contradictory properties. In this paper, we revisit the issue of the compositionality of Persian CPs, focusing on Noun-Verb combin…
On the persistence of SVO
This study addresses the issue of unmarked word order in Modern Eastern Armenian (MEA), typologically considered a flexible (S)OV language due to its being strongly left-branching as well as the syntactic properties of its VP (focus, bare objects, low adverbs). However, Armenian grammars generally consider (S)VO to be the canonical order. We have conducted a corpus study and two sentence production experiments to tackle this controversy. These st…
Re-thinking Compositionality in Persian Complex Predicates
Persian Complex Predicates (CPs) have been a focus of interest during the last two decades. Their formation (i.e. morphological/lexical vs. phrasal/syntactic) and their interpretation (compositional vs. idiomatic) have been thoroughly inves-tigated and various analyses have been proposed to account for their seemingly contradictory properties. In this paper, we revisit the issue of the compositionality of Persian CPs, focusing on Noun-Verb combin…
Word order preferences and the effect of phrasal length in SOV languages
Heaviness (or phrasal length) has been shown to trigger mirror-image constituent ordering preferences in head-initial and head-final languages (heavy-late vs. heavy-first). These preferences are commonly attributed to a general cognitive pressure for processing efficiency obtained by minimizing the overall head-dependents linear distance – measured as the distance between the verb and the head of its left/right-most complement (Hawkins’s Minimizi…
Thomas Jügel, Pollet Samvelian. “Topic agreement, experiencer constructions, and the weight of clitics”
Cet article aborde la grammaticalisation des pronoms clitiques comme marqueurs d’accord dans les langues iraniennes pour corroborer le scénario selon lequel, lors du passage de l’alignement ergatif à l’accusatif, les clitiques coindexés avec le sujet (oblique) et correspondant au thème de la phrase, auraient été réanalysés comme marques d’accord sujet-verbe, remplaçant ainsi graduellement l’accord avec l’objet. Examinant la réalisation du sujet d…
Contribution méthodologique à l’étude de l’ordre des mots
Le questionnaire de jugement d’acceptabilité est un outil très accessible pour étudier divers phénomènes syntaxiques mais pas aussi performant que les expériences de production lorsqu’il s’agit d’étudier la variation syntaxique. Nous présentons un paradigme de production comprenant une tâche de complétion de phrases qui prend la forme de questionnaires auto-administrés. Pour mettre en évidence les avantages de ce paradigme par rapport aux questio…
Syntaxe quantitative et expérimentale
Dans cet article, nous abordons la question des données utilisées dans la recherche en syntaxe. Nous proposons d'abord une approche critique des jugements de grammaticalité, employées traditionnellement en syntaxe formelle, en pointant leur variabilité et leur dimension gradiente ; puis, nous présentons les différents aspects méthodologiques de la syntaxe quantitative et expérimentale, en insistant sur la complémentarité d'un travail à partir de …
Bi-absolutive constructions in Chechen
This study presents new data on the bi-absolutive construction in Chechen, a Nakh-Daghestanian language spoken in the northern Caucasus. The basic case frame in a transitive clause in Chechen is ergative-absolutive. In progressive constructions with an auxiliary and a simultaneous converb, the basic case frame alternates with an absolutive-absolutive – or bi-absolutive – construction. To assess the factors conditioning this alternation, we use da…
An experimental perspective on embedded gapping in Persian
This paper empirically tests the embedding constraints on gapping in Persian. It has been suggested that gapping differs from other kinds of ellipsis in banning embedding. However, the first counter-examples in the literature come from Persian. Following up on previous experiments on embedded gapping in several languages, we report the results of two acceptability judgment tasks. Our results show that, while embedded gapping is overall acceptable…
Introduction to Lexical constraints in grammar
This is an introduction to the Special Issue Lexical constraints in grammar: Minority verb classes and restricted alternations. In many languages, grammatical relations are subject to lexical constraints. These constraints can be manifested in different morphosyntactic domains, for instance, through deviation from canonical case frames or different argument indexation patterns. Other constructions that have been studied through this lens are voic…
On the persistence of SVO
This study addresses the issue of unmarked word order in Modern Eastern Armenian (MEA), typologically considered a flexible (S)OV language due to its being strongly left-branching as well as the syntactic properties of its VP (focus, bare objects, low adverbs). However, Armenian grammars generally consider (S)VO to be the canonical order. We have conducted a corpus study and two sentence production experiments to tackle this controversy. These st…
Argument indexing in Kamang
Kamang (Alor-Pantar, non-Austronesian/Papuan) has a typologically unusual system of argument indexing, in which the S or P argument can be indexed on the verb by one of several prefix paradigms. Some verbs always show indexing, while others exhibit differential argument indexing (DAI). In DAI, the use of a particular prefix paradigm or zero marking depends on different (combinations of) factors. We investigate the effects of argument role (S, P),…
Subject realization in Uruangnirin
This study uses a quantitative approach to investigate subject realization in 659 clauses in Uruangnirin, an endangered Austronesian language of eastern Indonesia. In this language, subjects may be referenced in the clause with an NP, pronoun or zero pronoun, and they are optionally indexed on the verb. We establish that the most common combination is to drop the subject in the clause while indexing it on the verb. We find that verbs are more lik…
Word order variation in Kurmanji ditransitive constructions
The placement and realization of direct and indirect objects (henceforth DO and IO) in Kurmanji is subject to variation; e.g., DO and IO can be placed before or after one another in the preverbal domain; IO can be placed before the verb as an adpositional phrase, or, if recipient, it can be realized as a noun phrase (NP) after the verb. Although the postverbal variant has been the subject of a number of studies, the relative order between DO and …
Optional subject indexing in spontaneous speech in Modern Persian
This article presents a case of (non-canonical) optional subject marking observed exclusively in spontaneous speech. Persian is a pro-drop language with obligatory subject agreement marked by verbal suffixes and a set of clitic pronouns serving different functions, e.g., pronominal objects encliticized to the verb. In standard Persian, subject agreement for the 3rd person singular (3SG) is consistently realized by zero in past tenses; however, as…
Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (11 works) · Linguistics (8 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Artificial Intelligence (5 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (5 works) · Verb (5 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (4 works) · Mathematics (4 works)