Abstract
Abstract
 In the cognitive approach to linguistics, language is considered as a part of the cognitive system which mirrors the conceptual organization as well as the world within the speakers' mind. According to this view, the outside world experience is reflected in the language structure and language forms. This modern approach includes a variety of principles, perspectives, assumptions and models, among which the Cognitive Grammar Model is recognized as the most noticeable one. This grammar considers a symbolic nature for a language which symbolizes the meaning and thought. On the other hand, relativization as a notion in every individual's mind and cognition is considered as a universal manifested in all languages. Thus, the present research tries to clarify the conceptualization and symbolization of Persian relative structure from the cognitive point of view and by the use of cognitive means. It, also studies different types of relative structures in Persian, on the basis of Langacker (2008) model and differentiates the restrictive and non-restrictive relative clauses in Persian. The methodology used in the analysis of this research is the descriptive-analytical methodology. For the data collection, the corpus methodology is used and examples of Persian relative structures are studied. The present research findings show that Persian conceptualization of the relative structures can be clarified in the cognitive approach and Persian relative structures can be studied on the basis of Langacker model.
Highlights
The purpose of this article is to explain the conceptualization of relative structures and to study these structures in Persian language from the CG(Cognitive Grammar) point of view
The present article, as the first research in Persian language studies, is an attempt to clarify the conceptualization and symbolization of Persian relative structure by using specific means and concepts of the cognitive approach, and seeks to answer whether it is possible to study the different Persian relative structures in Langacker model (2008) and how Persian restrictive and non- restrictive relative clauses can be distinguished in CG
Comrie (1981) studies the relative clauses in a typological approach. He divides the relative clauses to restrictive and nonrestrictive and believes that they are radically different in semantic or pragmatic terms, in particular, the restrictive relative clause uses presupposed information to identify the referent of a noun phrase, while the non- restrictive relative clause presents new information on the basis of the assumption that the referent can already be identified
Summary
The purpose of this article is to explain the conceptualization of relative structures and to study these structures in Persian language from the CG(Cognitive Grammar) point of view. According to CG, linguistic units are all symbolic and symbolize conceptual content, the language has a symbolic structure. According to Whaley (1997), the ability to put a clause in other structures, is one of the features of the human language, with which human can produce infinitely long sentences. The present article, as the first research in Persian language studies, is an attempt to clarify the conceptualization and symbolization of Persian relative structure by using specific means and concepts of the cognitive approach, and seeks to answer whether it is possible to study the different Persian relative structures in Langacker model (2008) and how Persian restrictive and non- restrictive relative clauses can be distinguished in CG
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