The Diachronic Change of /xw/ Consonant Cluster in Persian, Sorani Kurdish, Hawrami, and Kalhori Kurdish: An Optimaity Theoretic Analysis [PDF]
Languages change is an inevitable phenomenon which may come with phonological implications. In Optimality Theory, first put forth by Prince and Smolensky (1991), language is seen as an inventory of universal violable constraints, the permutation of which
Mehdi Fattahi, Bahman Heydari
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The Function of Common Mythological Motifs in a Kurdish Folk Narrative and an Excerpt from Klidar
Myths express human aspirations and fears. Literary and folk texts in the depth of their thinking do not shy away from mythical themes. Myths, through their narrative function, reveal the themes of human archetype in the various contexts narratives.
Hadi Dehghani Yazdeli
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ASPIRATION IN ENGLISH, ARABIC AND KURDISH [PDF]
The sound systems of both Standard Arabic (SA) and Kurdish (Bahdinani dialect) have been worked out, with varying degrees of emphasis on certain features (i.e.
Ameen H. Al-Bamerni
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The research aims to identify the Turkish instrumental Medhal template, as a non-routed template in our Arabic music, as well as to identify the composition style of "Hussein Hosnu Ostun" and his method of dealing with the Turkish instrumental Medhal ...
طــارق السـيد غندر +3 more
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An Analysis Based on Optimality about Vowel Reduction to Resolve Hiatus in Kurdish and Persian [PDF]
The present study deals with hiatus resolution through vowel reduction in Kurdish and Persian based on OT phonology. A collection of movies, TV series, and written texts formed the corpus of the study.
Omid Ghalkhani +2 more
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Study on Historical Origin of the /l/ and the Velarized /ɫ/ Phonemes in Kurdish [PDF]
This research has investigated the historical origin of the /l/ and /ɫ/ phonemes in Kurdish language (central and southern branches) within the phonological system.
Salman Khanjari
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Incorporation in Ardalani Kurdish: A Competition between Syntax and Morphology
This study examines the process of incorporation in Kurdish with emphasis on recognizing the modular nature of this process in the context of syntactic-morphological theoretical debate.
Shahin Ahmadishad +3 more
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A Pragmatic Analysis of the Translation of the Quranic Discourse Marker Thumma in Kurdish and Persian Parallel Corpora [PDF]
Communicative and natural processing of language in the world of translation is substantiated through simultaneous decoding and encoding of information in the source and target languages.
Ali Mohammadi, Ali Hemmati
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Nestorian-Kurdish Social Relations in the Context of Narrative Theory
This article examined the social relations of Nestorians and Kurds in the period from the 19th century to the First World War. The data used in the study were obtained through semi-structured interviews, which were conducted in Hakkari city.
Emel Topcu, Engin Korkmaz
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This chapter traces the origins of the Kurdish question back to its roots in the Ottoman Empire. It examines how the Kurdish question emerged, how to characterise the nature of the confrontation and the basis of different perspectives on the issue, how it evolved under the Turkish republic up until the present day, and the future prospects for the ...
Kaya, Z.N., Whiting, M.
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