TURKISH
SUMMARY
In Turkish, converbs in -(y)Ip and -(y)A head non-finite syntactically subordinate clauses and their subject clauses generally corefers with the subject of the superordinate clause, i.e. they are same-subject converbs (SS-converbs). Part-whole relations, in particular in idiomatic expressions, between the two subjects can license the use of -(y)Ip, although some speakers also allow other types of possessive relations between the two subjects to license both -(y)Ip and -(y)A. Possession is overtly coded on the possessed subject.
See also Altai, Bashkir, Forest Enets, Karaim, Khalkha Mongolian, Khanty (Eastern), Khanty (Northern), Kirghiz, Old Turkic, Shor, Tundra Enets, Tundra Nenets, Tuvan (Altai), Tuvan (Jungar), Tuvan (Todža), Udmurt, Uyghur, Uzbek, Yukaghir (Kolyma), Yukaghir (Tundra).
LANGUAGE PROFILE
EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF PIPS
- Evidence for the internal status of possessors comes from adnominal genitive case-marking on the possessor.
- Prominent possessors appear to occupy the same syntactic position as other possessors within the NP.
- Possession is also marked directly on the possessed noun, which indexes the person and number of the possessor.
KEY SOURCES
András Bárány (field notes).
Brendemoen, Bernt and Éva Á. Csató. 1987. A syntactic analysis of Turkish gerundial clauses with subject control, in H. E. Boeschoten, & L. T. Verhoeven, (eds), Studies on Modern Turkish, 121-135. Tilburg: Tilburg University Press.
Göksel, Aslı and Balkız Öztürk. 2019. Conditions on prominent internal possessors in Turkish, in András Bárány, Oliver Bond and Irina Nikolaeva (eds), Prominent internal possessors, 163-195. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
