Analysis of Verb Movement in Sarhaddi Balochi Dialect: A Generative Approach

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University of Sistan and Baluchestan

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The nature of verb movement in different languages has been studied and analyzed by different linguists from a syntactic and morphological point of view based on a generative approach. From the syntactic viewpoint, agreement of tense feature and little verb inflection in strength and object shift can be cited as syntactic evidence. Moreover, as to a morphological standpoint, strong inflection due to subject verb agreement in first and second person singular and plural in one of past, present and future tenses and also the existence of split inflection are pieces of evidence indicating verb movement. The aim of this study is to explain the nature of verb movement in Sarhaddi Balochi dialect based on the combination of syntactic and morphological evidence following the generative approach. Therefore, research data were collected through recording free speech and interviewing with 15 illiterate Sarhaddi Balochi-speaking men living in Poshtkuh and Granchin areas of Khash city. Based on the syntactic evidence, the results showed the inflection (tense) feature of the verb in Sarhaddi Balochi dialect is strong and gives rise to verb movement. The presence of the split inflectional phrase is another factor in confirming the movement of the verb. Besides, the study of morphological evidence displayed that the strength of verb inflection due to the agreement of the verb with the first and second person singular and plural in past and non-past tenses, as well as the simultaneous presence of tense and agreement morphemes in the verb confirm the verb movement in this dialect.

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Journal of Iranian Dialects & Linguistics
Volume 6, Issue 2
March 2022
Pages 1-35

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  • Receive Date: 07 January 2022
  • Revise Date: 14 March 2022
  • Accept Date: 19 April 2022

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