Phonological Processes of Bala-Gueriveh Luri and Standard Persian: A Comparative Study

Authors
A. Kord-e Zafaranlu Kambuziya 1
A. Kord-e Zafaranlu Kambuziya 1
A. Maleki Moghaddam 2
A. Soeilmani3 3
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2 Instructor, Department of General Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
3 M.A. Student, Department of General Linguistics, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The aim of this article is to study the phonological processes of Bala-Gueriveh Luri in Khoram Abad (Lurestan, Iran) and to compare these processes with those of Standard Persian. The data were collected through a four-hour interview with four Lur informants. Furthermore, one of the authors is a native speaker of this dialect. The data were transcribed according to the International Phonetic Alphabet and analyzed descriptively. The phonological processes studied here are: consonantal processes such as assimilation, dissimilation, neutralization, lenition, elision and metathesis. In this dialect, lenition and elision are more active than other processes.

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Language Related Research
Volume 4, Issue 1
March and April 2013
Pages 151-179