Abstract
AN EVALUATION INTO THE +ki MORPHEME BASED ON APPROACHES IN TURKOLOGY
In this study, +ki morpheme used Turkish language from the first periods that we can follow with written documents and still that used today are discussed. Firstly, theoretical informations about +ki morpheme are given and the approaches about this morpheme in the field of Turcology are depicted. The issues of how +ki morpheme is named and defined are approached with a critical point of view. Some of the rare uses of +ki morpheme that are not mentioned in the grammar books are emphasized.
These uses of +ki morpheme in historical Turkish written languages are presented together with their evidences.
Examples of this study consists texts of both historical (Orkhon Turkic, Uighur, Karakhan Turkish, Khwarezm-Golden Horde Turkish, Chagatai, Old Anatolian Turkish) and contemporary Turkish written languages (Azerbaijani Turkish, Tatar Language, Uzbek, Tuvan).
Keywords
+ki morpheme, Old Turkic, Middle Turkic, word formation.