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    Modality, aspect and negation in Persian / Azita H. Taleghani.

    • Title:Modality, aspect and negation in Persian / Azita H. Taleghani.
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    • Author/Creator:Taleghani, Azita H. (Azita Hojatollah)
    • Published/Created:Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2008.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Persian language--Mood.
      Persian language--Verb.
      Persian language--Aspect.
      Persian language--Negatives.
    • Description:viii, 183 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
    • Series:Linguistik aktuell ; Bd. 128.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-179) and index.
    • ISBN:9789027255112 (hbk. : alk. paper)
      9027255113 (hbk. : alk. paper)
    • Contents:Introduction
      The goal of the research
      Persian phrase structure
      Persian as an SOV language
      Passive in Persian
      Raising construction in Persian
      Expletives in Persian
      Data : tense, aspect, modality, and negation
      Tense and aspect
      Negation
      The interaction of tense and negation
      Modality
      The interaction of modality and negation
      Theoretical framework
      Mood and modality in Persian : morpho-syntactic and semantic view
      The interaction of mood and modality
      Persian modals : syntactic representation
      Syntactic structure of modals : an overview
      Persian modals : raising or control construction
      Syntactic vs. Semantic control
      Persian control verbs : restructuring or non-restructuring
      Persian complex modals and restructuring
      Lack of CP projection
      Ke as a multifunctional element
      Temporal adverbs
      Lack of wh-phrase
      Persian auxiliary modal verbs and restructuring
      Persian modals : structural position
      Theoretical background : phase theory
      German modals : structural position
      Persian modals : structural position
      Negation
      Morpho-syntax of negation cross-linguistically
      Negation : syntactic structure
      Negation in Persian
      Tense and aspect in Persian
      The interaction of negation and tense in Persian
      Aspectual complex predicates and negation
      Interaction of modality with negation
      Two linguistic strategies for showing the interaction of modality and negation
      The interaction of Persian modality and negation : structural analysis perrsian word order : reconsideration
      Concluding remarks.
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