Any discussion of Dari noun phrases pays special attention to Ezafat and the way it behaves. Ezafat is of great importance to understanding the underlying structure of a Dari noun phrase. Much of this thesis uses the methodologies and tools provided by generative syntax to determine the status of Ezafat and to answer a number of questions posed by Ezafat. I hypothesize that Ezafat belongs to a functional category which is base-generated under D and its function is to mark nouns for genitive case. In addition, the analysis of Ezafat entails the classification of most Dari prepositions as a subcategory of noun. My analysis of Ezafat takes place at a level that mediates between syntax and semantics, that is, a presentation of the function of Ezafat in the syntactic structure and the range of possible meanings that are generated by it in a modified-Ezafat-modifier configuration. Finally, the function and meanings of Ezafat are discussed in noun, adjective, prepositional, and adverb phrases.
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