خلاصة:
The present research is a study of word order in a manichaean sogdian text, the story of two snakes. This story is a parable that shows manichaean beliefs and faiths. Selected structure to Word order analysis of this present research is Dryer`s BDT. Dryer to analysis Relationships between Verb patterners and object patterners, offers Branching Direction Theory (BDT). According to the BDT, the word order correlations reflect a tendency for languages to be consistently right-branching or consistently left-branching. To study of word order in the story of two snakes, 28 features are standardized according to Dryers`s pairs of elements and Dabir-Moghaddam`s 24 features. 378 pairs of elements are found in this text, 199 pairs elements are left-branching and 179 pairs elements are right-branching. So according to BDT the word order correlations of this text reflect tendency to left-branching more than another one.
ملخص الجهاز:
Language Cognition, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies Biannual Scientific Journal (Scientific-Research Article), Year 10, Issue 2, Autumn and Winter 2019, 67-91 An Investigation of Constituent Order in the Sogdian Text "The Tale of the Two Snakes" Zohreh Zarshenas * Ali Sabounchi ** Abstract The Tale of the Two Snakes is a text in the Sogdian language that narrates an allegory regarding Manichaean beliefs.
Also, based on the (BDT) theory, the constituent co-patterned with the verb is a "non-phrasal" or "non-branching" category, and the constituent co-patterned with Investigation of the constituent order of the Sogdian text of the story of Two Snakes 71 the object is considered a "phrasal" or "branching" category; therefore, two statuses based on branching direction are considered for languages: right-branching and left-branching.
`nоty Тrzy Adv Adj Examination of the syntactic arrangement of the Sogdian text of the Story of Two Snakes 79 long completely Completely long (line 147) Component 12: Sequence of main verb and tens-aspect auxiliary verb Auxiliary verbs in the Sogdian language always come after the main verb and specify tense, aspect, person, and number (Sabounchi, 1398: 147, 152).
Component 15: Sequence of article and noun Examination of the syntactic arrangement of the Sogdian text of the Story of Two Snakes 81 In the Sogdian language, articles exist and are inflected in singular and plural numbers, depending on the case they carry (Zarshanas, 1390: 141).
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