Comparative Linguistic Research

Comparative Linguistic Research

The corpus-based study of suffix “ba:n” according to iconicity, biuniqueness, uniformity and morpo-semantic transparency : Nathral Morphology Approach

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors
SHIVA AHMADI 1
jalal rahimian 2
amirsaeid Moloodi 3
alireza khormaei 4
1 invited teacher
2 professor of foreign language and linguistics, shiraz university
3 assistant professor of foreign languages and linguistics , shiraz university
4 associated professor of shiraz university
10.22084/rjhll.2025.30840.2371
Abstract
The present study, using a corpus-based, descriptive, analytical, and historical approach, has examined the suffix "-ba:n". The purpose of this research is to answer the questions: a) Is the suffix "-ba:n" natural based on natural morphology criteria? b) Does the agentive suffix "ba:n" conform to the principles of natural conjugation? c) How are the changes of productivity of the suffix "-ba:n". The results indicate that the suffix "-ba:n" is polysemous and the formal relationship between structure and concept cannot explain the polysemy of the word. So, the same grammatical category of the stems, and it is not possible to predict the meaning of the suffix "-ba:n" and the general meaning of the words. Due to the lack of semantic composability in words, none of them have complete semantic clarity.
Keywords
: agentive affixes
uniformity
iconicity
biuniqueness
morpho-semantic transaprency
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