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DOI :10.26650/PB/AA10AA14.2023.001.043   IUP :10.26650/PB/AA10AA14.2023.001.043    Full Text (PDF)

Functional Interpretation of the Suffix {-L3 I2 K2 } in Complement Clauses in Kazakh in Comparative Perspectives with Uyghur

Uldanay Jumabay, Irina Nevskaya

In most Turkic languages, especially in the Kipchak and Karluk groups, there are two homogenous suffixes {-L3 I 2 K2 }. Firstly, there is a derivational suffix that can be added after adjectives to yield nouns, or vice versa. Secondly, there is an inflectional suffix {-L3 I2 K2 } that is employed in non-finite predicates of complement clauses, both as a part of nominal predicates and as a part of verbal ones. In Kazakh, which belongs to the Kipchak branch of Turkic languages, the inflectional suffix {-L3 I2 K2 } follows the action nominals {-G4 A2 n} and {-A2 tI2 n//-ytI2 n} in dependent verbal predicate position. In such cases, the non-finite suffix {-L3 I2 K2 } has various functions. First of all, verbal predicates of the complement clauses can be optionally inflected by {-L3 I2 K2 } after the subordinators {-G4 A2 n} and {-A2 tI2 n//-ytI2 n}. The usage of the suffix {-L3 I 2 K2 } in such constructions is usually optional. However, it influences the semantics of the respective complement clauses. In addition, the non-finite marker {-L3 I2 K2 } can affect control relations in such complement clauses, and the choice of the subordinators. Moreover, nominal subordinate predicates of complement clauses can either be directly marked by the suffix {-L3 I2 K2 } or be followed by the non-finite copular verbal form y ekendịk, which contains the copular y e- ‘to be’, the post-terminal marker {-G4 A2 n} and the action nominal {-L3 I2 K2 }. The present paper intends to investigate the functions of the inflectional suffix {-L3 I2 K2 } in non-finite complement clauses in Kazakh, and compare its properties with the equivalent marker {-liK2 } in Uyghur.


Keywords: Suffix {-L3 I2 K2 }, Complement clauses, Verbal and nominal subordinate predicates, Functions, Kazakh, Uyghur

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