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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2022
This study aims to analyze the positions and syntactic functions of dependent and independent personal pronouns in the Kakavandi Laki dialect in the region of Harsin (Kermanshah/Iran), an endangered dialect of Persian. The paper provides a morpho-syntactic description and investigates the dialectal characteristic positions of the pronominals in regard to their syntactic functions, which illustrate noticeable differences in comparison to Persian. The main functions under investigation include: subjective, objective, oblique and possessives, on the basis of which the pronominal positional variety is classified in the dialect. The study further examines the dialectal agreement patterns which demonstrate both ergative and non-ergative features.
1 The direct/oblique case division can be summarized as the contrast between the unmarked (nominative and absolutive) cases and the marked (ergative) ones.
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19 Throughout the paper, examples (a) represent K. Laki and (b) Persian instances; also, to clarify the point, personal pronouns are shown in bold.
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