What is it about?
This paper examines the source of newly formed HAVE-progressive constructions in Persian and suggests that contrary to some previous studies, these constructions have not been borrowed from Mazandarani, a Caspian dialect spoken in north of Iran.
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Persian, to the best of our knowledge, is unique in using possessive have in its newly formed progressive constructions. It is interesting to see how these constructions have developed in the language.
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This page is a summary of: Have-progressive in Persian, Diachronica, April 2018, John Benjamins,
DOI: 10.1075/dia.17023.nem.
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