Turkish Suffix Template #
@cite{goksel-kerslake-2005}
Turkish is strictly suffixing (@cite{goksel-kerslake-2005} Ch 6). Suffixes attach in a fixed order determined by a positional template.
Verbal template (Ch 6, 8, 13) #
Root -> Voice -> Negation -> TAM -> Copula -> Agreement -> Question
Nominal template (Ch 6, 8, 14) #
Root -> Derivational -> Plural -> Possessive -> Case
Key properties #
- Strict ordering: suffixes from later slots never precede earlier ones
- At most one per slot: each slot filled at most once (voice can stack: e.g., yap-tır-ıl- 'be made to do' = CAUS + PASS)
- Monoexponential: each suffix realizes a single morphosyntactic feature (WALS F21A: monoexponential case)
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- Fragments.Turkish.SuffixTemplate.instBEqVerbSlot.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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- Fragments.Turkish.SuffixTemplate.instBEqNounSlot.beq x✝ y✝ = (x✝.ctorIdx == y✝.ctorIdx)
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- Fragments.Turkish.SuffixTemplate.VerbSlot.voice.rank = 0
- Fragments.Turkish.SuffixTemplate.VerbSlot.negation.rank = 1
- Fragments.Turkish.SuffixTemplate.VerbSlot.tam.rank = 2
- Fragments.Turkish.SuffixTemplate.VerbSlot.copula.rank = 3
- Fragments.Turkish.SuffixTemplate.VerbSlot.agreement.rank = 4
- Fragments.Turkish.SuffixTemplate.VerbSlot.question.rank = 5
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Negation cannot follow TAM (reversed order).
Case cannot precede possessive (reversed order).
Voice suffixes can stack (two voice entries at rank 0 is well-formed). Example: yap-tır-ıl- (do-CAUS-PASS).
All 8 TAM categories fill the .tam slot (slot rank 2).
Negation (-mA-) occupies slot rank 1, strictly before TAM (slot rank 2). This matches the surface order: gel-me-di (stem-NEG-PST).
The question particle mI fills the outermost verbal slot (rank 5). It follows agreement, yielding: gel-di-m mi? (come-PST-1SG Q).
The archiphonemic I in progressive -Iyor resolves to 4 surface vowels depending on stem harmony. This connects VowelHarmony to TAM:
- back+unround stem (kol): -ıyor (resolveI true false = ı)
- front+unround stem (gel): -iyor (resolveI false false = i)
- back+round stem (kol): -uyor (resolveI true true = u)
- front+round stem (göz): -üyor (resolveI false true = ü)
The archiphonemic A in future -(y)AcAK resolves to a/e by palatal harmony. back stem (kol): -(y)acak; front stem (gel): -(y)ecek.