Contact-induced change in the morphosyntax of Turkic in Boldaji, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province, Iran

Schreiber, Laurentia; Haig, Geoffrey; Taheri-Ardali, Mortaza; Anonby, Erik

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“…The remainder of this article describes the research conducted there including results generated by preparatory activities (section 3) and an analysis of the lexical questionnaire data, with a focus on the Iranic varieties of the province (section 4). The morphosyntactic questionnaire data as well as data on the province's Turkic varieties are robust and have necessitated separate studies; these are currently being undertaken elsewhere (Anonby, Schreiber & Taheri-Ardali, 2020;Anonby, Taheri-Ardali, Schreiber et al, 2020;Schreiber et al, 2021;Anonby et al, in preparation).…”

Section: The Atlas Of the Languages Of Iran (Ali) Research Programmementioning

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“…Some Turkic speakers in various parts of C&B note that the Turkic variety spoken in Ben (one of the linguistic data collection sites; see 3.4 below) is different from the other varieties spoken in the province, but there is no label that unifies or sets apart the "non-Ben" varieties. In the absence of other labels, and pending further analysis of dialect differences among Turkic varieties of the province (Schreiber et al, 2021;Anonby et al, in preparation), we refer to all these varieties as "Turkic of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari. "…”

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“…varieties in the region. Within the scope of the present paper, it is not possible to give a complete account of these topics, but a fuller analysis is undertaken elsewhere (Schreiber et al, 2017(Schreiber et al, , 2021Anonby, Schreiber & Taheri-Ardali, 2020;Anonby, Taheri-Ardali, Schreiber et al, 2020).…”

Section: Turkic and Iranicmentioning

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“…varieties-both B. and Ch., depending on the part of the province. This topic is introduced briefly in this section, but is treated in more detail in Schreiber et al (2017Schreiber et al ( , 2021.…”

Section: Turkic and Iranicmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Language documentation has been carried out in Iran since the late 1800s but in a sporadic way, and even now, the scholarly picture of the country’s linguistic landscape is fragmentary. The present article responds to this state of affairs in a modest way by working toward a systematic overview of the language situation in one area of the country: Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province of western Iran, where the high Zagros Mountains open onto the Iranian Plateau. In this study, conducted in the context of the Atlas of the Languages of Iran (ALI) research programme, we chronicle our research process for this region, beginning with an inventory of languages spoken here—varieties of Bakhtiari, Charmahali, and Turkic—and an overview of their geographical distribution. This initial step enabled us to select 30 varieties from 26 locations across the province for in-depth research, including implementation of the ALI language data questionnaire. Data generated by the study have resulted in two language distribution maps as well as a series of linguistic structure maps. Initial analysis of lexical and phonological data provides insight into defining features of each language as well as structures shared between them as a result of language contact in the region.

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Two Raji Dialects Converge with Persian: Contrasting Responses to Contact Influence

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2023

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Raji is a Central Plateau (Iranic) language spoken in Kashan district, in the north-west corner of Esfahan Province, Iran. Here, we investigate the nature of Persian influence on the lexicon of two closely-related Raji dialects: that of Abuzeydabad, a desert outpost at 947m above sea level, and Barzok, a well-watered farming community at 2080m in mountains nearby. As expected, our analysis shows many inherited similarities due to linguistic relationship among the three Iranic varieties; cases of difference and innovation that distinguish them; and profound impact of Persian on both Raji dialects. Nonetheless, the degree and patterning of convergence with Persian is uneven, with the dialect of Abuzeydabad showing greater wholesale borrowing from Persian, as well as evidence of structural hybridization. To account for the divergent effects of Persian influence, we review social and geographic dynamics in the language contact situation. Key factors such as population, distance from the nearby Persian-speaking city of Kashan, language identity, and the impact of media and education are equivalent. However, a stark contrast between the towns’ geographic settings defines their social networks and patterns of mobility, and in turn how speakers of each linguistic code respond to Persian influence.

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Contact-induced change in the morphosyntax of Turkic in Boldaji, Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province, Iran

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Toward a picture of Chahar Mahal va Bakhtiari Province, Iran, as a linguistic area

Two Raji Dialects Converge with Persian: Contrasting Responses to Contact Influence

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