Some of the Implications of Contrastive Analysis of Morphology in English and Persian for a Translator: Based on the Theory of Information Structure

Authors : Habib GOWHARY

Pages : 117-127

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Publication Date : 2012-02-01

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The grammatical correlate of the above distinction is the formal distinction made in many languages between definite and indefinite noun phrases. In many languages, the cognitive distinction between identifiable and unidentifiable referents is morphologically expressed by definite and indefinite articles and other determiners such as this, his, and etc. It should be noted, however, this distinction between identifiable and unidentifiable referents may have different implications in different languages as far as linguistic coding is concerned. In this study, in particular it is claimed that morphological coding of mental referents affected by identifiability parameter may not be the same in English and Persian.
Keywords : Implications, Contrastive, Analysis