The /-sa/ suffixed connection prepositions in contemporary Turkic dialects

Abstract

The suffix /-sA/, which is considered as the conjunctive mood in Turkey Turkish, has many other functions; but basically, this suffix still continues its old function of gerundium. Despite the fact that the /-sA/ suffix is conjugated by taking the personal ending in the conditional usages (except for subjunctive mood) and is not give judgement completely in the sentence like other indicative mood and subjunctive mood. Some researchers think that this suffix still functions as a gerundium and therefore it should be evaluated in the gerundium category. The suffix /-sA/ in the structure of the connecting prepositions in Turkish is also in the gerundium function and forms a subordinate clause based on the gerundium group. For this reason, it can be said that this suffix has become stereotyped over time and forms the connecting prepositions. There are very few studies that refer to the prepositional function or the connection function of the /-sA/ suffix, which has been studied many times before. Therefore this study is based on the determination of the conjunction prepositions formed by the /-sA/ suffix in contemporary Turkic dialects (Southwest/Southeast, Northwest/Northeast) especially in Turkey Turkish. It includes classification and evaluation based on the meaning or function it expresses in the sentence. Connecting prepositions, all of which were found to be subordinate clauses, were examined under 21 headings. Examples of each preposition were given. It has been revealed that some of the evaluated conjunctions with /-sA/ consists of 1st person singular, 2nd person singular and 2nd plural person conjugations. Most of them do not take e the suffix and person suffixes. And all these prepositions have main auxiliary verbs (-i, ol-/bol-).

Keywords

• connection propositions
• proposition at the beginnig of sentence
• gerundium