This paper discusses discourse features such as tail-head linkage and repetition, development devices, associative strategies and subordination in oral narrative texts in the Koroshi (KoB), Sistani (SiB), and Coastal (CoB) dialects of Balochi, all of which belong to the North-West branch of the Iranian language family. The frequency with which these features vary with the dialect, and the variation can be attributed to different stages of orality. Three stages have been identified, with CoB and SiB at the ends of the cline and KoB located in between. CoB is the most conservative dialect, as different aspects of its grammar also show; it demonstrates a pure orality state by its frequent use of tail-head linkage, repetition and juxtaposition, and by the relative infrequency with which it employs associative and subordination strategies. SiB and its close relation Turkmenistan Balochi [TB])1 use associative and subordination strategies more frequently, have fully lexicalised development devices and seldom employs tail-head linkage, repetition and juxtaposition. This loss of oral techniques demonstrates that the state of narration in SiB has switched from oral to written style. Finally, KoB represents a language in a state of transition by using more unmarked tail-head linkage, repetition and juxtaposition and by a strong tendency to employ subordination strategies.

本文讨论了俾路支的克罗西（KoB）、西斯塔尼（SiB）和沿海（CoB）方言口语叙事文本中的尾-头连接和重复、发展装置、联想策略和从属关系等话语特征，所有这些都属于属于伊朗语系的西北支。这些特征的频率随方言而变化，这种变化可归因于口语的不同阶段。已经确定了三个阶段，CoB 和 SiB 位于斜坡的末端，而 KoB 位于两者之间。CoB 是最保守的方言，其语法的不同方面也表明了这一点；它通过频繁使用尾-头连接、重复和并置，以及相对不频繁地使用联想和从属策略，展示了一种纯粹的口语状态。1更频繁地使用联想和从属策略，具有完全词汇化的开发设备，很少使用尾首联动、重复和并列。这种口头技巧的丧失表明，SiB 中的叙述状态已经从口头形式转变为书面形式。最后，KoB 代表了一种处于过渡状态的语言，它使用更多无标记的尾-头连接、重复和并列，并强烈倾向于采用从属策略。