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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 #

  1. Strict ordering: suffixes from later slots never precede earlier ones
  2. 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)
  3. Monoexponential: each suffix realizes a single morphosyntactic feature (WALS F21A: monoexponential case)

Verbal suffix slots, ordered innermost to outermost. @cite{goksel-kerslake-2005} Ch 6, 8, 13.

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      Nominal suffix slots, ordered innermost to outermost. @cite{goksel-kerslake-2005} Ch 6, 8, 14.

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          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.