The Ezafe in Hawrami

Abstract

This chapter provides a basic description of the Ezafe in Hawrami, a dialect of the Gorani languages spoken in the Hawraman region of Northwestern Iran and Iraq. This study is based on the variety spoken in Paveh, Kermanshah province, Iran. A basic overview of the nominal domain in Hawrami is given, followed by discussions of varying morphology of the Ezafe vowel in the language. Important to note is the interaction between the system of definiteness and the Ezafe. Moreover, the expression of the genitive case in the Ezafe paradigm is of particular interest to discussions of case interactions in languages with Ezafe linkers.