The Realization of English Dative Case in Iranian EFL Learners

A cross sectional research was undertaken with sixty university students to know whether levels of proficiency interact with the realization of English dative case in Iranian EFL learners’ performance and whether Iranian EFL learners aware of discourse constraint in English dative case. The research shows that Iranian learners learn dative non-alternation first, because dative non-alternation structures are somehow compatible with Persian structures. But, in the case of dative alternation Iranian learners encounter with some problems. So the usage of this English structure depends on the proficiency levels of the learners; the higher of the proficiency level, the more usage of dative alternation. The subjects were aware of discourse constraint in one sentence, but they were not aware of this constraint in the other sentence. It seems that they are not aware of the existence of this constraint; they just intend to use [NP PP] complement. Keywords: dative alternation, dative non-alternation, discourse constraint, proficiency level Iranian learners’ performanc

Phonological Adaptation of Arabic Loan Words in Persian: Consonants

Abstract The purpose of the research is to study the phonological adaptation of Arabic loanwords in Persian, on the focus of consonants which their articulators are inactive in Persian. Authors gathered 700 Arabic loan words from Persian Dictionary of Moienand then they extracted phonemic form of loan words from two Arabic dictionaries, Contemporary Arabic -Persian Dictionary and Assimil Franais-Arabe Dictionary. The framework of the study is OT (Optimality Theory). The findings of the study is that interdental, pharyngeal, and bilabial glide places of articulation are inactive articulators in Persian and Persian language speakers replace loan words containing these consonants with the closest consonants in terms of place of articulation