نوع مقاله : مقاله پژوهشی
نویسندگان
1 دانشجوی دکتری زبانشناسی، دانشگاه بوعلی سینا، همدان، ایران.
2 استاد گروه زبانشناسی، دانشگاه بوعلی سینا، همدان، ایران
چکیده
کلیدواژهها
موضوعات
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Indefinite pronouns such as the Persian kasi (“someone”), are referential expressions that do not have a specific referent and play diverse functions across languages. The present study explores the use of indefinite pronouns in different varieties of Gilaki which is a northwestern Iranian language spoken along the Caspian Sea coast. The study aims to compare and identify both similarities and regional distinctions in the use of these pronouns between the Western and Eastern Gilaki. To do so, it adopts Haspelmath’s (1997) semantic map model, a crosslinguistic framework that enables typological and intra-language comparison. The research data were elicited from everyday speech across six regions in Gilan Province and the analysis resulted in semantic maps for each of the varieties that capture the functional distribution of indefinite pronouns. Findings indicate that although minor differences exist, the overall usage of indefinite pronouns is consistent in Western and Eastern Gilaki. The application of semantic map model proves effective for typological and dialectological studies, offering insights into the syntactic and semantic structures of Gilaki and other languages.
کلیدواژهها [English]
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