خلاصة:
The present study is an attempt to describe DP in Shirazi dialect (a dialect of Persian spoken in Shiraz) within the framework of Larson(1988)’s proposal concerning VP shell، proposed to solve the problem of double object construction in binary system، particularly X`-theory. The study demonstrates that generalizing VP shell to DP can account for the splitting of DP head in Shirazi dialect. It argues that there are two shells with two heads for a DP in this framework. The head of the outer layer consists of pronouns and numbers while the head of the inner layer consists of articles. The definite article /-u/ in Shirazi dialect is a piece of evidence to support NP movement and merge in DP structure. Generalizing VP shell to DP in the dialect، as generalized to NP، DP، PP in Mansouri (2006)، is an evidence of the generalizability of the concept of Shell to XP or all other maximal projections within X'- Theory.
ملخص الجهاز:
The Determiner Phrase in Shirazi Persian: A Shell Approach to the Determiner Phrase Mehrzad Mansouri, Shiraz University Abstract The present research attempts to provide an acceptable description of the determiner phrase in Shirazi Persian within the framework of the scheme that Larson 1 (1988) proposed to resolve the problem of double object construction in late generative grammar theories (based on binary branching, including X-bar theory).
The placement of certain forms of the determiner after the noun in the Persian language, and specifically in Shirazi Persian, provides the possibility to draw a more accurate diagram of this phrase through its analysis.
1. Larson's Scheme Larson (1988), in order to justify the double object construction 2 within the framework of split insertion, which is one of the most fundamental assumptions in generative linguistics, especially X-bar theory, proposed a scheme based on which the verb phrase consists of two shells with two verbal heads.
Izvorski (1995) believes that in order to analyze the structure of superlative and comparative constructions, it is necessary to provide a shell scheme for the determiner phrase, almost in the same way that Larson (1988) proposed for the verb phrase.
The article group in Shirazi Persian, as analyzed in this section, clearly has two heads with phonetic realizations before and after the noun.
4. Conclusion This research shows that the article group in Shirazi Persian has two shells with two heads.
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