Uluslararası Türk Lehçe Araştırmaları Dergisi (Jun 2023)
Functions of the conjunction “ne…ne…” in the Kyrgyz Turkic based on the example of Tologon Kasımbekov’s works
Abstract
In this study, it was emphasized the usage characteristics of the conjunction “ne…ne…” in Kyrgyz language. Resources that we have examined were stated that the conjunction “ne…ne…” is not commonly utilized in the Kyrgyz written language, but it is mostly used in the southern dialects of Kyrgyz language. Since there are no examples of the conjunction “ne…ne…” in the new written texts in Kyrgyz language. Due to this, in this study there were determined sentences in which the conjunction “ne…ne…” which is commonly used in two historical novels named “Kelkel” and “Sıngan Kılıç” written by Tölögön Kasımbekov. When it was analyzed in the sentences that have identified the conjunction “ne…ne…” besides the meaning of “biri ”(one) and “hepsi”(all), the elements compared in the sentence which was seen that it is also used in the meaning of “hem …..hem” (both….and), “da…de…” (also), “ya……ya” (either….or ) and “mı … mı” (question conjunction). In addition, brief information was given also on the evaluations, in the studies on the usage and origin of the conjunction “ne”. In these studies, some researchers have evaluated about the origin of the conjunction as Persian origin, while some researchers have appraised it as Turkic. Yudahin stated that two different “ne…ne…” conjunctions are used in Kyrgyz language, one of them is the “ne” conjunction from Persian, and the other is the “ne” conjunction, which means “ne…ne” (either……or) in Turkic. Radloff, on one hand, stated that the predicate is used with the negation suffix at the end of the sentences in which the conjunction “ne…ne…” is used in the northern dialects of Turkic, on the other hand he stated that in southern dialects, as in Persian, the predicate of sentences in which the conjunction “ne…ne…” is utilized in a positive meaning. Murataliyev stated that the origin of this conjunction is Persian, but also stated that it was transferred to Kyrgyz language via Uzbek and Tatar languages. Based on this information, after examining the sentences in which the conjunction “ne…ne…” is used in the novels, it has been determined that most of the predicates have a negative suffix. There, Deny and Ediskun's views are given extensively in the continuation of the study on whether the verb can be either positive or negative in sentences with the conjunction “ne…ne…”
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