<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp1142ca01yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:garamond, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><div><p class="ydp10a8347fMsoNormal">Dear All,</p>
<p class="ydp10a8347fMsoNormal">There is a particle in Persian (Iranian language) which has
multiple functions. This particle is ‘ke’, literally meaning ‘that’. Broadly,
it has two general/main functions: a)connector (connecting complement, relative
and adverbial clauses), b) marking some parts of information structure (focus,
rhetorical question, mirativity, indifference, etc.). Concerning this particle,
I have two questions:</p>
<p class="ydp10a8347fMsoNormal">First, is there any evidence in other languages in which a
particle moves from subordinator to information structure marker? If there is,
I appreciate providing me with the sources.</p>
<p class="ydp10a8347fMsoNormal">Second, the position of ‘ke’ as adverbial clause marker is
not fixed. It may appear clause initially, but it moves to different parts of
the adverbial clause (not the final position). Actually it ‘shifts’. Is there
any evidence in other languages for this ‘subordinator shift’? </p>
<p class="ydp10a8347fMsoNormal">Thanks in advance.</p>
<p class="ydp10a8347fMsoNormal">Mohammad Rasekh-Mahand</p></div><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp1142ca01signature"><div style="font-family:garamond, times, serif;font-size:13px;"><div><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Mohammad Rasekh-Mahand </font></div><div><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Linguistics Department,</font></div><div><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Bu-Ali Sina University, </font></div><div><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Hamedan, Iran.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">Postal Code: 6517838695 </font></div><div><a href="https://basu.academia.edu/MohammadRasekhmahand" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><font color="#4c76a2" size="1" face="verdana, helvetica, sans-serif">https://basu.academia.edu/MohammadRasekhmahand</font></a><br></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>