A Morphological Analysis of Unique Derivational Suffixes in Divânu Lugâti’t-Türk

Morphemes are the smallest linguistic units in a language that posses meaning-separating characteristic. They are classified as bound or free morphemes based on their ability to stand alone. Unique morphemes are those whose use in a language is limited to one or few instances. Various researchers ha...

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Main Author: Gizem Uluscu
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Published: Istanbul University Press 2025-05-01
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description Morphemes are the smallest linguistic units in a language that posses meaning-separating characteristic. They are classified as bound or free morphemes based on their ability to stand alone. Unique morphemes are those whose use in a language is limited to one or few instances. Various researchers have referred to unique morphemes using different terminologies. In Turkish, these morphemes can appear as affixes or as roots that cannot occur independetly. Previous studies have primarily focused on roots that do not stand alone in strandard Turkish. These study examines the unique morphemes found in the suffixes of Divânü-Lugâti’t-Türk, written by Kashgarlı Mahmud in the 11th century. To achieve this, the editions of Divânu Lûgâti’t-Türk by Dankoff-Kelly (1982-1985), Atalay (1985-1986), Ercilasun-Akkoyunlu (2015), and Kaçalin (2019) were comparatively analysed. Additionally, the works of Bilgen (1989), Nalbant (2008), and Herkmen (2009), who conducted morphological studies on Divânu Lûgâti’t-Türk, were also reviewed. The study categorises the unique derivational suffixes identified based on their occurrence with noun and verb bases. It also incorporates researchers’ opinions from etymological dictionaries, grammar books, and articles, discussing their etymological structures and the words they modify. The semantic and structural changes these suffixes induce in the noun and verb bases are highlighted. In the concluding section, fourteen unique derivational suffixes identified in the work are evaluated.
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spelling doaj-art-fea4ce4a669c4dc999f229b790b199e12025-08-20T01:49:50ZengIstanbul University Pressİstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi2602-26482025-05-01651354810.26650/TUDED2025-1438376123456A Morphological Analysis of Unique Derivational Suffixes in Divânu Lugâti’t-TürkGizem Uluscu0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5528-0159İstanbul Medeniyet Üniversitesi, İstanbul, TürkiyeMorphemes are the smallest linguistic units in a language that posses meaning-separating characteristic. They are classified as bound or free morphemes based on their ability to stand alone. Unique morphemes are those whose use in a language is limited to one or few instances. Various researchers have referred to unique morphemes using different terminologies. In Turkish, these morphemes can appear as affixes or as roots that cannot occur independetly. Previous studies have primarily focused on roots that do not stand alone in strandard Turkish. These study examines the unique morphemes found in the suffixes of Divânü-Lugâti’t-Türk, written by Kashgarlı Mahmud in the 11th century. To achieve this, the editions of Divânu Lûgâti’t-Türk by Dankoff-Kelly (1982-1985), Atalay (1985-1986), Ercilasun-Akkoyunlu (2015), and Kaçalin (2019) were comparatively analysed. Additionally, the works of Bilgen (1989), Nalbant (2008), and Herkmen (2009), who conducted morphological studies on Divânu Lûgâti’t-Türk, were also reviewed. The study categorises the unique derivational suffixes identified based on their occurrence with noun and verb bases. It also incorporates researchers’ opinions from etymological dictionaries, grammar books, and articles, discussing their etymological structures and the words they modify. The semantic and structural changes these suffixes induce in the noun and verb bases are highlighted. In the concluding section, fourteen unique derivational suffixes identified in the work are evaluated.https://cdn.istanbul.edu.tr/file/JTA6CLJ8T5/2EAC6F5A973643F99E45E8A5D27013E3morphemeunique morphemederivational suffixesdivânu lûgâti't-türkmorphology
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A Morphological Analysis of Unique Derivational Suffixes in Divânu Lugâti’t-Türk
İstanbul Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Dergisi
morpheme
unique morpheme
derivational suffixes
divânu lûgâti't-türk
morphology
title A Morphological Analysis of Unique Derivational Suffixes in Divânu Lugâti’t-Türk
title_full A Morphological Analysis of Unique Derivational Suffixes in Divânu Lugâti’t-Türk
title_fullStr A Morphological Analysis of Unique Derivational Suffixes in Divânu Lugâti’t-Türk
title_full_unstemmed A Morphological Analysis of Unique Derivational Suffixes in Divânu Lugâti’t-Türk
title_short A Morphological Analysis of Unique Derivational Suffixes in Divânu Lugâti’t-Türk
title_sort morphological analysis of unique derivational suffixes in divanu lugati t turk
topic morpheme
unique morpheme
derivational suffixes
divânu lûgâti't-türk
morphology
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