34.3226, Books: A grammar of Iranian Armenian: Dolatian, Sharifzadeh, Vaux (eds.) (2023)

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Date: 27-Oct-2023
From: Sebastian Nordhoff [sebastian.nordhoff at langsci-press.org]
Subject: A grammar of Iranian Armenian: Dolatian, Sharifzadeh, Vaux (eds.) (2023)


Title: A grammar of Iranian Armenian
Subtitle: Parskahayeren or Iranahayeren
Series Title: Languages of the Caucasus
Publication Year: 2023
Publisher: Language Science Press
                http://langsci-press.org
Book URL: https://langsci-press.org/catalog/book/354

editor: Hossep Dolatian
editor: Afsheen Sharifzadeh
editor: Bert     Vaux
Electronic: ISBN: 9783961104192 Pages: 228 Price: Europe EURO 0
Abstract:

Iranian Armenian is the variety of spoken Armenian that was developed
by Armenians in Tehran, Iran over the last few centuries. It has a
substantial community of speakers in California. This variety or lect
is called “Persian Armenian” [pɒɻskɒhɒjeɻen] or “Iranian Armenian”
[iɻɒnɒhɒjeɻen] by members of the community. The present book is not a
comprehensive grammar of the language. It occupies a gray zone between
being a simple sketch versus a sizable grammar. We attempt to clarify
the basic aspects of the language, such as its phoneme inventory,
noticeable morphophonological processes, various inflectional
paradigms, and some peculiar aspects of its syntax. We likewise
provide a sample text of Iranian Armenian speech.

Many aspects of this variety seem to be identical to Standard Eastern
Armenian (SEA), so we tried to focus more on those aspects of Iranian
Armenian which differ from SEA. The phonology has developed new
phonemes and intonational contours due to contact with Persian. The
morphophonology has grammaticalized allomorphic patterns that are
phonosyntactic, meaning they reference syntactic information. Nominal
morphology is largely identical to SEA but with some simplification of
irregular processes. Verbal morphology is similar to SEA, but with
major innovations in the aorist paradigm. The aorist or past
perfective paradigm has undergone a change whereby irregular patterns
have been reanalyzed as regular patterns. The syntax is largely the
same as SEA, but with innovations due to contact with Persian, such as
object clitics and the use of resumptive pronouns.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): Armenian (hye)
                     English (eng)

Language Family(ies): Armenian

Areal Regions: Near Eastern

Written In: English (eng)

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