Tarbiat Modares University Language Related Research 2322-3081 3 1 2012 03 20 The Iconicity of Reduplicative Constructions in Persian: Semantic Types The Iconicity of Reduplicative Constructions in Persian: Semantic Types 153 172 6187 FA Arsalan Golfam Assistant Professor, Linguistics Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Arsalan Golfam Assistant Professor, Linguistics Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran Gholam Reza Mohyodin Qomshei Faculty Member of Daneshnamenegary Foundation, Tehran, Iran Journal Article In this research, the semantic properties of Persian reduplicative constructions were studied in the framworks of “Iconicity Theory”, in general, and the quantity principle in particular. Researches on reduplicative constructions in most languages have reveraled the connection of these constructions to such meanings as augmentation, increased quantity, internsification, continuation, repetition, completion, and distribution. The aim of this research was to show the connection of Persian reduplicative constructions to the aforementioned meanings within the framworks of “Iconicity Theory”, the principle of quantity, and the revised version of Regier's model (1998). The extensive research on form-meaning correlation in Persian causative constructions seminated in the development of a semantic classification of Persian reduplicative constructions (The attached semantic types lists 1-5). In this research, the semantic properties of Persian reduplicative constructions were studied in the framworks of “Iconicity Theory”, in general, and the quantity principle in particular. Researches on reduplicative constructions in most languages have reveraled the connection of these constructions to such meanings as augmentation, increased quantity, internsification, continuation, repetition, completion, and distribution. The aim of this research was to show the connection of Persian reduplicative constructions to the aforementioned meanings within the framworks of “Iconicity Theory”, the principle of quantity, and the revised version of Regier's model (1998). The extensive research on form-meaning correlation in Persian causative constructions seminated in the development of a semantic classification of Persian reduplicative constructions (The attached semantic types lists 1-5). https://lrr.modares.ac.ir/article_6187_0e1bacf07b14673fcdb553da51b999a5.pdf