| dc.description.abstract | This article is based on a study of the Khalaj language through data gathered from fieldwork conduct in ten Khalaj villages in Iran. The study is an examination of the Khalaj language in terms of its intentional mood and structure. In the article different kinds of grammatical moods are evaluated in terms of morphological, functional and syntactical features. These features are examined in terms of the relationship between Khalaj and Persian. The study shows that there is a tendency for the usage of only one morphology type, upon which many functions focus. As such, the subjunctive mood /-GA/ used for numerous functions; namely the subjunctive, the conditional, to express a necessity, probability, priority in time and as an indicative of purpose can all be used as imperative sentences. This leads us to the conclusion that there has been an evolution in the grammatical moods, resulting in similar patterns to grammatical moods in the Farsi language both in terms of structure and function. As in Farsi, Khalaji has undergone a process of change, whereby it has become structurally narrow, but functionally wider. When the subject is examined on the morphological and syntactical level, again in conformity with the Farsi language, one can note a transformation from a synthetical to an analytical structure and a change from sentences with adjective participles to the correlative sentence. Consequently, it can be stated that the grammatical features which are borrowed from the Farsi language are leading to structural changes in the Khalaji language, but far from resulting in its loss, these adaptations are permitting its continued functionality. © Ahmet Yesevi University Board of Trustees. | en_US |
