This thesis discusses linguistic constraints on scrambling and flexibility in word order in spoken Persian (Farsi) and presents a computational model for efficient implementation of these constraints for a subset of Persian. Linguistic phenomena which we have studies include local scrambling, long distance scrambling, extrapolation of clauses, topicalisation, case tendancy and the discourse marker ra. The work extends previous work on Persian based on Government and Binding (GB) theory by considering the pragmatic aspects of Persian Grammar and long distance scrambling.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:561764 |
| Date | January 2000 |
| Creators | Rezaei, Siamak |
| Contributors | Crocker, Matthew. : Eugdahl, Elisabet. : Klein, Ewan |
| Publisher | University of Edinburgh |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://hdl.handle.net/1842/1093 |
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