Aspects ofvæ(‘and’) as a discourse marker in Persian

Abstract

This study investigates the functions of væ (‘and’) as a discourse marker in Persian. More specifically, this study accounts for certain aspects of væ co-occurrences and their linearization order. Fraser’s model (forthcoming) was mainly employed to classify the multiple functions conveyed by væ. A corpus-based approach was taken to provide an overview of væ co-occurrences with other discourse markers. The data were collected from both written and spoken corpora. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were conducted to examine the frequency and the functional differences in the use of væ in the data – namely, elaboration, inferential, contrast, and alternation. The results of the study indicate the mobile nature of væ in its co-occurrences with other DMs. The findings also show that some modifications to Fraser’s (forthcoming) DM co-occurrence principles are required to handle certain cases of language-specific behavior of væ in Persian. The configuration suggested for væ uses and its multi-functionality will also shed some lights on cross-linguistic studies of its counterparts in other languages.

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“…Notable exceptions are Cook (2014) , Fedyna (2016) , and Kamil Ali (2018) , who indirectly show the DM role and functions. There are a number of additional studies, which, however, focus on the qualitative analysis of the DM functions, seldom do they explore the frequency, patterns, and position from quantitative and comparative perspectives, exceptions can be found in the investigation of Korean DM position ( Kim et al, 2021a , b ), the examination of co-occurrences of Persian DM vae , equivalent to English DM and ( Kazemian and Amouzadeh, 2022 ), the DM combination “ and now ” ( Shirtz, 2021 ), the DM sequence “ and so ” and “ so and ” ( Koops and Lohmann, 2022 ), and the frequency of “ so ” ( Algouzi, 2021 ) and “just so” ( Kaltenböck and Ten Wolde, 2022 ).…”