Open AccessHow much structure is needed: The case of the Persian VP
Author(s) -
Pegah Faghiri,
Pollet Samvelian
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
proceedings of the international conference on head-driven phrase structure grammar
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1535-1793
DOI - 10.21248/hpsg.2016.13
Subject(s) - persian , object (grammar) , generative grammar , differential (mechanical device) , computer science , artificial intelligence , linguistics , philosophy , engineering , aerospace engineering
The aim ofthis paper is to tease apart two available views of the VP inPersian. The prevailing view of the Persian VP initially suggested ingenerative studies assumes a hierarchical structure with two objectpositions, mainly motivated by the existence of differential objectmarking in Persian. Building on quantitative studies, we revisit thishierarchical view and show that it is not born out by the data. A flatstructure view of the VP, on the contrary, is in line with the data.