Turkish Negation Fragment #
@cite{miestamo-2005} @cite{haspelmath-2013} @cite{dryer-haspelmath-2013}
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.
| Construction | Affirmative | Negative | Symmetric? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Progressive | gel-iyor | gel-m-iyor | Yes |
| Past definite | gel-di | gel-me-di | Yes |
| Future | gel-ecek | gel-me-yecek | Yes |
| Evidential | gel-miş | gel-me-miş | Yes |
| Aorist | gel-ir | gel-me-z | No |
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-iyor → gel-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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- Fragments.Turkish.Negation.negSuffix = { form := "-mA-", morphemeType := Typology.Negation.NegMorphemeType.affix, position := Typology.Negation.NegMarkerPosition.morphological }
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The Turkish negation system: a single verbal affix.
The Fragment-side joint consumed by Phenomena/Negation/Studies/Dryer2013.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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- Fragments.Turkish.Negation.instBEqNegParadigmEntry.beq x✝¹ x✝ = false
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Paradigm for gelmek 'come' (3sg forms).
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Verification #
Most constructions are symmetric.
The aorist is the only asymmetric construction.
The aorist negative marker -z differs from the affirmative -r: this is paradigmatic asymmetry (A/Cat).
Turkish negation profile (WALS Ch 112-115 + Greco/JinKoenig fields).
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