Linguistics Society of Iran Language and Linguistics 23223847 19 37 2024 02 20 The Semantic Roles of Dative Case in Avestan Language The Semantic Roles of Dative Case in Avestan Language 243 278 9338 10.30465/lsi.2024.47696.1728 FA Sahar Vahdati Hosseinian Ph.D. student Department of Ancient Iranian Culture and Languages, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 0000-0003-2924-7077 Ehsan Changizi Associate Professor, Linguistics Department, Allameh Tabataba'i, Tehran, Iran 0000-0003-4670-0646 Jaleh Amouzgar Yeghaneh Professor. Ancient Iranian Languages. Tehran University, Tehran. Iran 0009-0008-9063-6067 Ameneh Zaheri Abdvand Assistant Professor. Department of Ancient Iranian Culture and Languages. Science and Research, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran 0000-0002-0256-0787 Journal Article 2023 12 15 In inflected languages, case labels of distinct genders, being different and representing case and number, can never cover the full range of semantic and other properties of case. The labels primarily act as markers showing important synthetic and semantic properties. They do not have a proven capacity to describe the whole dimensions of the case and its functions. In the area of the case, therefore, labels at least are commonly seen at three levels, namely semantic functions, morphological case, and grammatical relations. Avestan language of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian as an inflected language includes eight grammatic cases by various semantic roles. In the paper, semantic roles of the dative case, one of grammatical cases (or main cases), are studied, consisting of ten roles: recipient, beneficiary, purpose, destination, location, manner, extent, accompany, agent, and attitude. It showed that added grammatical cases can exhibit similar semantic roles of dative case. In inflected languages, case labels of distinct genders, being different and representing case and number, can never cover the full range of semantic and other properties of case. The labels primarily act as markers showing important synthetic and semantic properties. They do not have a proven capacity to describe the whole dimensions of the case and its functions. In the area of the case, therefore, labels at least are commonly seen at three levels, namely semantic functions, morphological case, and grammatical relations. Avestan language of the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian as an inflected language includes eight grammatic cases by various semantic roles. In the paper, semantic roles of the dative case, one of grammatical cases (or main cases), are studied, consisting of ten roles: recipient, beneficiary, purpose, destination, location, manner, extent, accompany, agent, and attitude. It showed that added grammatical cases can exhibit similar semantic roles of dative case. https://lsi-linguistics.ihcs.ac.ir/article_9338_7b3403f79b478699224bb449509694cf.pdf