The present paper investigates the constituent structure rules of Old Persian in Behistun Inscription. Constituent structure rules have the advantage of determining head and its complement in syntactic phrases such as noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase and adverbial phrase. Data analysis was performed on the basis of examples and sentences which were derived from Old Persian in Behistun Inscription considered as an important and detailed text. The study of Old Persian data and syntactic constituent analysis revealed that in most syntactic phrases the head has tendency to final position. Therefore, on the basis of occurrence frequency, it is possible to classify Old Persian at unmarked structure, as a head-final language.
تفضلی، احمد. (1376). تاریخ ادبیات ایران پیش از اسلام. تهران: سخن. دبیرمقدم، محمد (1387). زبان‌شناسی نظری (پیدایش و تکوین دستور زایشی). تهران: سمت. رضایی باغ‌بیدی، حسن (1388). تاریخ زبان‌های ایرانی. تهران: مرکز دایره‌المعارف بزرگ اسلامی. طبیب‌زاده، امید (1391). دستور زبان فارسی (بر اساس نظریۀ خودگردان در دستور وابستگی). تهران: نشر مرکز. غلامعلی‌زاده، خسرو (1374). ساخت زبان فارسی. تهران: احیاء کتاب. لوکوک، پی‌یر (1382). کتیبه‌های هخامنشی. ترجمۀ نازیلا خلخالی. تهران: نشر پژوهش فرزان. میرعمادی، سید علی (1388). نحو زبان فارسی (بر پایۀ نظریۀ حاکمیت و مرجع‌گزینی). تهران: سمت.
Schmitt, Rüdiger (1991). The Bisitun Inscriptions Of Darius the great.( Old Persian Text). London: School of Oriental and African Studies.
Esmaaili, M. M., & Hasanpur, F. (2015). The constituent structure rules of Old Persian in Behistun Inscription. Language and Linguistics, 9(17), 93-109.
MLA
Mohammad Mehdi Esmaaili; Fatemeh Hasanpur. "The constituent structure rules of Old Persian in Behistun Inscription", Language and Linguistics, 9, 17, 2015, 93-109.
HARVARD
Esmaaili, M. M., Hasanpur, F. (2015). 'The constituent structure rules of Old Persian in Behistun Inscription', Language and Linguistics, 9(17), pp. 93-109.
VANCOUVER
Esmaaili, M. M., Hasanpur, F. The constituent structure rules of Old Persian in Behistun Inscription. Language and Linguistics, 2015; 9(17): 93-109.
)