Lexicalization as a Framework for Explaining Non-simple Verbs in Persian

As the concept of motion is found in all languages، linguists such as Leonard Talmy show that how such a concept might be coded differently in different languages، and how languages could be typologically categorized. Motion might، thus، appear both as a simple or non-simple verb. As Persian verb category، especially non-simple verb، is a challenging topic، the present paper tried to explore Persian motion verbs based on lexicalization pattern theory، in a cognitively semantic framework. It proved that on a continuum of lexicalization extreme to satellite-frame extreme، some non-simple verbs، just like simple verbs، might be found on the lexicalization extreme، and the rest، based on their productivity and their syntactic behavior، are spread around the continuum.