When ancient Persian conquerors created a vast empire from the
Mediterranean to the Indus, encompassing many peoples speaking many
different languages, they triggered demographic changes that caused
their own language to be transformed. Persian grammar has ever since
borne testimony to the social history of the ancient Persian Empire.
This study of the early evolution of the Persian language bridges
ancient history and new linguistics. Written for historians,
philologists, linguists, and classical scholars, as well as those
interested specifically in Persian and Iranian studies, it explains the
correlation between the character of a language's grammar and the
history of its speakers. It paves the way for new investigations into
linguistic history, a field complementary with but distinct from
historical linguistics. This title is also available as Open Access on
Cambridge Core.
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Publication date:
10 April 2026
ISBN:
9781009727709
Open access funder:
Yale University
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