Linguistics Society of Iran Language and Linguistics 23223847 3 6 2007 11 22 Noun Incorporation in Persian Noun Incorporation in Persian 125 143 1651 FA Mehrzad Mansoori Journal Article 2015 08 08 Noun Incorporation (NI) is argued to result from head movement in which the head of an object Noun Phrase moves into the verb creating a Complex Verb (CV) or from word formation rules applying in the lexicon. This paper, argues that NI and CV are not unrelated processes, but points on the same continuum. The paper also argues that neither Baker’s (1988) syntactic approach nor Rosen’s (1989) lexical approach which do not pay enough attention to semantic and pragmatic aspects of the process can account for NI in Persian. The study indicates that incorporation in Persian is of various types , such as N+V , V + Compound V, N+PP+V, N+PP+ CV and PP+ V.  Noun Incorporation (NI) is argued to result from head movement in which the head of an object Noun Phrase moves into the verb creating a Complex Verb (CV) or from word formation rules applying in the lexicon. This paper, argues that NI and CV are not unrelated processes, but points on the same continuum. The paper also argues that neither Baker’s (1988) syntactic approach nor Rosen’s (1989) lexical approach which do not pay enough attention to semantic and pragmatic aspects of the process can account for NI in Persian. The study indicates that incorporation in Persian is of various types , such as N+V , V + Compound V, N+PP+V, N+PP+ CV and PP+ V.  https://lsi-linguistics.ihcs.ac.ir/article_1651_be3e9d3f7d70537357c67bb3f4086846.pdf