Abstract
SUBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE STRUCTURES AND OBJECT RELATIVE CLAUSE STRUCTURES IN OLD ANATOLIAN TURKISH: THEORETICAL APPROACHES TO THE ALTERNATELY USE OF PARTICIPIAL MORPHEMES
Based on Chomsky's theories, Robert Underhill looked at the Turkish relative clauses (essentially relative clause structures) from a structural/syntactic point of view and classified these structures into two different types as “Subject Participles” and “Object Participles”. The relative clauses are formed in Turkish by the predicate of the deep structure taking one of the -An (and equivalent) and / or -DIk morphemes in the surface structure. In the surface structure, the predicate of the deep structure expanding with the participial suffixes starts to qualify the object /complement of the deep structure rising from the deep structure and settling to its right side. Chomsky called this element as head noun. In this study, Relative Clause Structures used in Old Anatolian Turkish will be discussed on the morpho-syntactic and semantic basis. In particular, it will be discussed whether Underhill's classification is valid in all cases of the Old Anatolian Turkish Period. Relative Clause Structures in the Old Anatolian Turkish Period will be examined on the basis of Chomsky's Generative-Universal Grammar and Government Binding Theory.
Keywords
Turkish, Old Anatolian Turkish, relative clause structure, deep structure, surface structure
