The New Persian Preverb BI
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3964019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Mackinnon, Colin Ross MacKinnon (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1977 |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 8 |
| Publication date | 1977-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Oriental Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-0279 • E-ISSN: 2169-2289 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/600269 |
| OpenAlex | W2331636689 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 5 |
Close analysis of Early New Persian texts shows that the ENP verbal prefix bi- (Modern Persian be-) had a directional sense and aspectually delimiting force, and was, in fact, a preverb. Crosslinguistic parallels are examined. Arguments that the occurrence of ENP bi- depends on word and phrase stress are shown to be invalid. The preverbal status of ENP bi- explains its development into ModP be-, a marker of the subjunctive and imperative. Only the assumption that ModP be- was originally an aspect marker can explain certain peculiarities of its present-day syntax
Ancient history · Linguistics · Persian · Ancient Near East History · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2022 (2) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |