Shiraz University Journal of Iranian Dialects Linguistics 2538-3574 5 2 2021 02 19 Clitics in Taleshi and Tati Languages: A Typological Study Clitics in Taleshi and Tati Languages: A Typological Study 1 28 6153 10.22099/jill.2021.39822.1241 FA AYUB Esmail Nejad Nudehi PhD. Candidate/ Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch Behrooz Mahmoodi Bakhtiari Associate Professor/ Tehran University Narjes Banu Sabouri Associate Professor/ Payam Nour University Zahra Abolhasani Chime Associate Professor/ SAMT Organization Journal Article 2021 02 15 The article has been written according to a typological survey on clitic as a linguistic particle in Taleshi and Tati language which is one of the northwest and Caspian Seaboard languages. To consider that both Taleshi and Tati are from the same language family and different classification of clitics among Iranian dialects and languages, the writer purposes to determine the variation of clitics and their position in these two languages. Into the research, linguistic data of Taleshi and Tati has been investigated based on a questionnaire of clitics on the Max Plank website. It has been arranged on typological investigations of clitics on which has been analyzed in 5 separable parts including general features of the language, categories, specific features, place of clitics in the phrases, and its movement. The data collected from the central regions of Talesh City and Takistan province has been analyzed on basis of the descriptive-analytical- comparative method. The results will express that there is a sameness on general features and differences in variation and categories of clitics between these two languages. Also, some specific features of clitics such as stress, ordering, gap, and functions in the sentences are the same between both of these languages. Moreover, the position of clitics and their movements are the same in Taleshi and Tati and Wackernagel’s law about the second position is verifiable for these languages. The article has been written according to a typological survey on clitic as a linguistic particle in Taleshi and Tati language which is one of the northwest and Caspian Seaboard languages. To consider that both Taleshi and Tati are from the same language family and different classification of clitics among Iranian dialects and languages, the writer purposes to determine the variation of clitics and their position in these two languages. Into the research, linguistic data of Taleshi and Tati has been investigated based on a questionnaire of clitics on the Max Plank website. It has been arranged on typological investigations of clitics on which has been analyzed in 5 separable parts including general features of the language, categories, specific features, place of clitics in the phrases, and its movement. The data collected from the central regions of Talesh City and Takistan province has been analyzed on basis of the descriptive-analytical- comparative method. The results will express that there is a sameness on general features and differences in variation and categories of clitics between these two languages. Also, some specific features of clitics such as stress, ordering, gap, and functions in the sentences are the same between both of these languages. Moreover, the position of clitics and their movements are the same in Taleshi and Tati and Wackernagel’s law about the second position is verifiable for these languages. https://jill.shirazu.ac.ir/article_6153_dd087f5b576d70c5bc10a26bf3aa38f0.pdf