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'To be able to' in modern west Iranian languages : introducing a modal clause
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Author
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Abstract
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| In investigating modal concept 'to be able to' in 104 modern west Iranian varieties, we found four main lexical sources for the verbs meaning 'to be able to': i) *xsaya; ii) tav-; iii) zan; and iv) saw/siyaw. Therewith the above sources, in some of the language varieties in Central of Iran, the idiomatic clause tiG= clitic vontemon meaning 'someone's razor cuts' has the same semantic roles which are predominately on auxiliary verbs meaning 'to be able to/can' in other languages. At the same time, in each variety, there is an auxiliary with (almost) the same semantic domain in the field of modality. This paper studies these constructions in one of these language varieties (Kahangi) and shows how the mentioned clause is competing with and winning over an auxiliary meaning 'can' (be-.) in this variety. |
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Language
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English
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Source (journal)
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Dialectologia. - Place of publication unknown
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Publication
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Place of publication unknown
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2022
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ISSN
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2013-2247
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DOI
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10.1344/DIALECTOLOGIA2022.29.7
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Volume/pages
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29
(2022)
, p. 165-191
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ISI
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000826469100007
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Full text (open access)
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