A morphological doubling approach to verb reduplication in Persian: A morpho-semantic analysis

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Word-formation through reduplication is one of the prevalent processes in Persian morphology. One of the frequently used Persian categories as reduplicated elements is verb. The present study, using Morphological Doubling Theory (Inkelas & Zoll 2005, henceforth MDT), explores the structure and semantic of Persian reduplicated constructions whose both elements are verbs. Using some Persian data classified as synonym and antonym constructions, the present study evaluates MDT essential claim as regards resulting reduplication through the repetition of given morpho-semantic features and not necessarily phonological copying. The data are gathered through people’s daily natural conversations, written works in Persian morphology and authors’ intuition. This study justifies Persian word-formation through reduplication in MDT framework.

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