This paper challenges the idea of a genealogical development of languages and highlights the importance of the areal perspective. The peculiarity of defining a language in a diachronicDiachrony/diachronic perspective is discussed, and the analysis of perfect formations in varietiesVariety in the Fārs province is used to suggest a new view on historical development of Persian.

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Historical Dialectology of Persian and the Dialects of the Fārs Province

  • Thomas Jügel

摘要

This paper challenges the idea of a genealogical development of languages and highlights the importance of the areal perspective. The peculiarity of defining a language in a diachronicDiachrony/diachronic perspective is discussed, and the analysis of perfect formations in varietiesVariety in the Fārs province is used to suggest a new view on historical development of Persian.