Word Order Typology in Kholosi Language

Abstract

A Linguistic typology is a field of linguistics that studies the systematic similarities and differences between the different languages ​​of the world and compares the morphological and syntactic structures between different languages ​​without considering their background. The present study, in the framework of Dryer article (1992), examined the order of words in the Kholosi language. The method of data collection was through recording the answers of informants to the questionnaire that was prepared in this regard and interviewing them. The results showed that Kholosi in comparison with the Eurasia languages, by having 14 verb-final criteria and 14 verb-medial criteria have a balance between the criteria and in comparison with the languages of the world, by having 15 verb-final criteria and 17 verb-medial criteria, like Persian language, shows a tendency towards the verb-medial group. Considering the values of the criteria in both groups of languages, we find that Kholosi has undergone fewer changes in terms of word order compared to Persian language.

Keywords

• kholosi language
• linguistic typology
• word order
• language universals
• typological criteria