Document Type : Original Article
Author
assistant professor of Persian Literary and Language.Va C. Azad university. Tehran. Iran
Abstract
A limited number of grammatical constructions found in early Persian texts remain insufficiently understood with regard to their grammatical category, semantic function, and aesthetic role. One such construction is the phrase “chun + adjective + -ī.” This fundamental research, conducted through library-based sources, aims to examine the nature, function, semantic domains, aesthetic operation, and grammatical role of this construction, drawing upon examples attested in Persian poetic and prose works from the 4th to the 7th centuries AH. The findings reveal that this construction was not employed solely in the function of simile. In many instances, the element chun in this construction does not function as a preposition, conjunction, or adverb, nor does it belong to the semantic field of comparison. Rather, it was predominantly used to express state accompanied by intensification or exaggeration; hence, it may be regarded as an intensifier (tashdidgar). This construction, which conveys a state imbued with a degree of exaggeration, occurs in various syntactic positions within the sentence—such as predicate, specification, adjective, and adverb. Its use contributes to the beauty and literariness of the text through the mechanisms of hyperbole and defamiliarization.
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