Namaeh Farhangistan

Namaeh Farhangistan

The Relationship between Functional Characteristics and Grammatical Features in the Conversational Variety of Persian Language

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Researcher at the Academy of Persian Language and Literature, Tehran, Iran
10.22034/nf.2026.511628.1394
Abstract
Language , in the first step, is divided into spoken and written varieties. Both spoken and written language are two sides of the same coin. Both of these media are manifestations of a linguistic system (grammar), but the use of each in communication faces the speaker with a large array of choices, choices that lead to the formation of systematic patterns in the use of grammar. It is not enough to study just the grammatical forms, structures and categories in the format of these patterns. These tell us what choices are available in the grammar, but we also need to understand how these choices are used to create discourse in different situations. The advent of these situations can be sought in linguistic varieties, in registers (varieties that depend on communicative conditions and purposes), and on a smaller scale in dialects (varieties that depend on demographic, regional, or geographical groups). Conversational variety is one of the registers of spoken language, a variety deserving particular attention in its own right. This register is the most common and everyday variety of language. The grammatical features of this register can be identified and described in relation to its functional and structural characteristics. The functional characteristics of the conversational variety are characteristics that distinguish it from other registers. This article deals with grammatical features that are related to the functional characteristics of the conversational variety of the Persian language.
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References
Sources are in Persian unless otherwise specified.
Rafiei. Khezri, Saeid (2015), "A Typology of Multiword Units in Persian" In Proceedings of the Third National Conference on Linguistics and Persian Language Teaching (Selected Papers), Seyyed Mohammad Hoseini and Shahla Sharifi (Eds.), Tehran, Nevise-ye Parsi, pp. 95-115.
Volume 25, Issue 1 - Serial Number 101
Nameh Farhangestan (Grammar)
March and April 2026
Pages 181-194

  • Receive Date 16 March 2025
  • Accept Date 28 July 2025