Title of article
Word Order Acquisition in Persian Speaking Children
Author/Authors
Kamali Mohammad نويسنده Epidemiology Department, Royan institute , Modarresi Yahya نويسنده Department of Linguistics, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies, Tehran, Iran , Jalilevand Nahid نويسنده Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran , Kazemi Yalda نويسنده Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran. Kazemi Yalda
Pages
6
From page
111
Abstract
Objectives: Persian is a pro-drop language with canonical Subject-Object-Verb (SOV) word order. This study investigates the acquisition of word order in Persian-speaking children.
Methods: In the present study, participants were 60 Persian-speaking children (30 girls and 30 boys) with typically developing language skills, and aged between 30-47 months. The 30-minute language samples were audio-recorded during free play with an examiner and during description of pictures.
Results: Object-Verb (OV) and subject-verb (SV) sentence structures were the most commonly used in two-component simple sentences. SOV was the most common three-component structures used by Persian-speaking children.
Discussion: Despite the fact that the spoken-Persian language has no strict word order, Persian-speaking children tend to use other logically possible orders of subject (S), verb (V), and object (O) lesser than the SOV structure.
Journal title
Astroparticle Physics
Serial Year
2017
Record number
2408757
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