Complex Predicates
in Iranian Languages
Université Sorbonne Nouvelle
Paris III
July 5-6, 2008
Conference Presentations
Opening Session
Welcome Address by Philip Huyse, CNRS
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handout
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Opening remarks by Simin Karimi
Session 1: Separable Light Verb Constructions
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handout
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Separability of Persian complex predicates
Gh. Karimi-Doostan
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handout
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Studying the Persian separable compound verbs in corpus linguistics
Mahmood Bijankhan and Elham Alayi Aboozar
Session 2: Preverbal nominals and incorporation 1
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handout
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Quasi-incorporation in Persian
Fereshteh Modarresi and Alexandra Simonenko
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handout
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The nominal element in complex predicates
Marina Pantcheva
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handout
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Ergativity and the structure of complex predicates in Dari
Annahita Farudi and Maziar Toosarvandani
Session 3: Preverbal nominals and incorporation 2
Does Incorporation offer a minimalist account for complex predication in Modern Persian?
Keivan Zahedi
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handout
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Preverbal nominals and telicity in Persian complex predicates
Karine Megerdoomian
Session 4: Historical perpective
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handout
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Persian complex verb constructions in a historical perspective
Ludwig Paul
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slides
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handout
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A diachronic and synchronic analysis of two complex spatial predicates in Persian
Soha Safai
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handout
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Voice and transitivity in complex predicates
Agnes Korn
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slides
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Explorations of Semantic Space: The Case of Light Verb Constructions in Persian
Neiloufar Family
Session 5: Formation of complex predicates
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A lexical analysis of Persian complex predicates
Stefan Müller
Causative-inchoative alternation: Evidence from complex predicates in Ossetian
Ekaterina Lyutikova and Sergei Tatevosov
Automatic extraction and partial annotation of Persian complex predicates
Kim Gerdes and Pollet Samvelian