Schedule 79. StuTS

This talk investigates the multifunctionality of the Turkish derivational suffix -lIK, proposing a three-way functional classification that reduces previous seven-category analyses to three core derivational functions.

While -lIK exhibits remarkable semantic diversity, deriving abstract nouns, relational adjectives, and concrete nouns, this study demonstrates that this apparent polysemy reflects three systematic morphosyntactic operations: Abstraction (producing abstract/collective nouns from adjectival or nominal bases), Attributivization (producing relational adjectives from nominal bases), and Association (producing concrete place or container nouns from nominal bases). By organizing -lIK derivatives according to morphosyntactic patterns and semantic root-derivative relations rather than referent types, this approach aims to reveal consistent structural principles underlying surface semantic diversity. The analysis further further wishes to explore the possibility that some Association uses, particularly container nouns, may involve morphemic decomposition into -lI + -K rather than monomorphemic -lIK.

With this talk I wish to present the findings of my Bachelor's thesis and to open the gate into new work concerning some open puzzles in this thesis.

Info

Day: 2026-05-15
Start time: 11:10
Duration: 00:30
Room: DOR 24 1.101
Track: Morphology
Language: en

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