This article presents a kind of word-formation process in the lexical
domain of Persian language which is subject to syntactic relations,
specifically those syntactic relations defined by x-bar theory. The
syntactic-morphological structure of simple denominal verbs as lulid-an
(wriggle), kuchid-an (migrate), busid-an (kiss), and khoshkid-an
(wither), and their corresponding compound verbs as lul-khordan
(wriggle), Kuch-kardan(migrate), bus-kardan (kiss), and khoshk-kard an
(wither), which are both derived form the relevant nouns, lul (wriggle)
kuch (migration), bus (kiss), and khoshk (withered) will be analyzed in
this atricle.
The standard theory of word-formation in the generative grammar (as in
Selkirk 1982, Lieber, 1983,...) will be compared with the
morphosyntactic theory of word-formation and compounding as
proposed by Hale & Keyser (1983) and Baker (1988) to analyze the
formation and structure of the two sets of verbs. We will notice that the
second theory can better describe the internal structure, derivation and
the similarities of the two sets of denominal verbs.