On the Process of Prefixization and Prefixoids in Turkish

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Volume:18 Issue:35
On the Process of Prefixization and Prefixoids in Turkish

On the Process of Prefixization and Prefixoids in Turkish

Authors : İsa Sarı

Pages : 109-130

Doi:10.54316/dilarastirmalari.1420069

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Publication Date : 2024-11-10

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Prefixoids are the left-most elements attaching to roots or stems, which emerge from lexemes, and behave like derivational or inflectional affixes tending to slightly grammaticalize to a limited extent, showing an increase in productivity. In Turkish, certain adjectival constituents of the ADJ+N type compounds like ana \'lit. mother=PFmain, PFprimary\' as in anafikir \'gist\', baş \'lit. head=PFmain\' as in başkent \'capitol\', or ön \'lit. front=PFpre-\' as in ön(-)basım \'pre-edition\' show this tendency and are used productively to name concepts by behaving like prefixoids in spontaneous naming needs to fill the lexical gaps. Thus, though Turkish does not have an established prefixation mechanism typologically, these elements give rise to a blurry and controversial territory between compounding and prefixation. In the present study, such adjectival constituents will be investigated within the continuum between compounding and affixation, and it will be advocated that these constituents are at the very beginning of a morphologization/grammaticalization process.
Keywords : ekimsi, önekimsi, önekleşme, birleştirme, Türkçe

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