A Comparative Study of Complex Transitive Verbs in Sadie’s Golistan Based on Classic and Modern Persian Grammar

The present article entitled “A</strong> Comparative Study of Complex Transitive Verbs”, aims at identifying the similarities and differences among complex transitive verbs with regard to the views of the composers of Persian classic and modern grammar. In this study, we have tried a descriptive analysis of complex verbs in Sadie’s Golistan</em> based on seven different versions of Persian language grammar by Khayampour, Khanlari, Farshivard, Arjang, Anvari-Givi, VahidianKamyar, and Omrani-Sabti. Having done that, we concluded that there are striking similarities and, at the same time, differences in identifying complex transitive verbs between the old and modern composers of Persian language grammar. Accordingly, a large number of the verbs in Golistan</em>, which had been considered complex </em>by old grammarians, are now to be deemed simple</em> based on modern grammatical precepts. In order to clarify such discrepancies, we have quoted a significant number of cases as examples.