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Linglib.Fragments.Turkish.Negation

Turkish Negation Fragment #

[Mie05] [Has13b] [DH13a]

Turkish expresses standard negation with the verbal suffix -mA- (/-ma-/ or /-me-/ depending on vowel harmony). The suffix is inserted between the verb stem and the TAM suffix.

SymAsy: Symmetric and Asymmetric #

Most constructions are symmetric: -mA- inserts without further change. But the aorist is asymmetric (A/Cat): the affirmative aorist marker -(I)r is replaced by -z in the negative.

ConstructionAffirmativeNegativeSymmetric?
Progressivegel-iyorgel-m-iyorYes
Past definitegel-digel-me-diYes
Futuregel-ecekgel-me-yecekYes
Evidentialgel-mişgel-me-mişYes
Aoristgel-irgel-me-zNo

The aorist asymmetry is a paradigmatic change: a different morphological marker appears, not just insertion of the negative morpheme.

-mA- — Turkish's negative verbal suffix (underlying form). Surfaces as -ma- (back-vowel stems) or -me- (front-vowel stems) by vowel harmony. Inserted between the verb stem and the TAM suffix: gel-iyorgel-m-iyor (come-NEG-PROG). The form here is the abstract citation form; the harmony-conditioned alternants are captured by the language's morphology layer, not the marker entry.

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    The Turkish negation system: a single verbal affix. The Fragment-side joint consumed by Studies/Dryer2013Negation.lean.

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      A Turkish negation paradigm entry.

      • formLabel : String
      • affirmative : String
      • negative : String
      • glossAff : String
      • glossNeg : String
      • symmetric : Bool

        Is this construction symmetric (neg = aff + neg marker, no other change)?

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            Paradigm for gelmek 'come' (3sg forms).

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              Verification #

              theorem Turkish.Negation.mostly_symmetric :
              (List.filter (fun (x : NegParadigmEntry) => x.symmetric) gelParadigm).length = 4

              Most constructions are symmetric.

              theorem Turkish.Negation.aorist_asymmetric :
              (List.filter (fun (e : NegParadigmEntry) => !e.symmetric) gelParadigm).length = 1 (List.filter (fun (e : NegParadigmEntry) => !e.symmetric) gelParadigm).head!.formLabel = "aorist"

              The aorist is the only asymmetric construction.

              Turkish negation profile (WALS Ch 112-115 + Greco/JinKoenig fields).

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