Persian Complex Predicates: Evidence for Verb Movement from Ellipsis and Negation

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dc.contributor.advisorStoroshenko, Dennis Ryan
dc.contributor.authorSHAFIEI ILKHECHY, Nazila
dc.contributor.committeememberCarroll, Susanne Elizabeth
dc.contributor.committeememberRitter, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-04T14:58:58Z
dc.date.available2016-05-04T14:58:58Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractPersian has two main verb forms, Simplex Predicates and Complex Predicates (CPr). CPrs consist of a Non-Verbal element (NV), which can be a noun, adjective, adverb or proposition, and a Light Verb (LV) (Vahedi-Langarudi 1996). There has been a controversy on the relation and syntactic position of these two elements. Megerdoomian (2001, 2012) believes that these two elements form a constituent and therefore, treats the CPrs as one syntactic unit. On the other hand, Folli, Harley and Karimi (2005) believe that the NV takes the internal argument as its complement and projects its own phrase, which then merges with the LV. In the present thesis, I provide evidence in support for Megerdoomian’s proposal building on two main lines of argumentation from ellipsis in VPs and the scope of negation. These two argumentations lead me to suggest that the NV and the LV project a head, which I name the Complex-Verb (CV).en_US
dc.identifier.citationSHAFIEI ILKHECHY, N. (2016). Persian Complex Predicates: Evidence for Verb Movement from Ellipsis and Negation (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/27313en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/27313
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2952
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectLinguistics
dc.subject.classificationComplex Predicatesen_US
dc.subject.classificationVP Ellipsisen_US
dc.subject.classificationNegation Scopeen_US
dc.subject.classificationQuantifier Scopeen_US
dc.titlePersian Complex Predicates: Evidence for Verb Movement from Ellipsis and Negation
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineLinguistics
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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