The Co-occurrence of Primary Discourse Markers in Persian
摘要
This chapter presents a pragmatic analysis of the co-occurrence patterns and functions of discourse marker sequences in Persian, focusing on five primary markers. Through the examination of 200 instances of two-marker sequences, we identified juxtaposition as the most common and the composition as the least common type. Notably, Persian discourse marker sequences exhibit greater positional flexibility compared to other languages with more fixed word order like English. Our findings extend existing research by demonstrating that all five primary markers can occupy either position in a sequence, with some markers showing no preference. The study highlights the importance of considering linguistic diversity, challenging the universality of claims based on European languages. It underscores the need for further research on less-studied languages to distinguish between language-specific and universal features.