Problem of possessive constructions in the Yakut language

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10.2991/mplg-ia-19.2019.18How to use a DOI?

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possessiveness, possessive constructions, isafet, word forming, component, construction, affix of possessiveness, predicative relations

Abstract

The definitive constructions (isafet) is a very special syntactic structure in the Turkic languages, and the relations between the components kept the same form starting from ancient monuments. In relation to the modern Yakut language possessive definitive phrases with affix in the second component of the combination are the most commonly used, that differ sharply from defining phrases with genitive in the first and affix in the second component of phrases in other Turkic languages. Thuswise, Isafet III is completely impossible in the Yakut language, which is formed in the genitive (possessive) case and represents a special form of definition in phrases of possessive nature. Possessive definitive phrases in the Yakut language are quite of widespreadly usage. The formation of phrases with an unformed definition and affix of possessiveness in the second component is a natural phenomenon. In other words, defining constructions are formed in two ways: with a simple juxtaposition of the parts of the construct and with the affix of possessiveness attached to the root of the determined, i.e. second component of the construction. In the Yakut language the absence of genitive case and the wide development of forms of possessive declension determined the identity of the category of possessiveness, both in morphological expression and in the sphere of functioning. As it is known, direct ownership refers to such relations between objects when one of them is directly related to the other or is its inherent organic part. Thus, the meaning of possessiveness in the Yakut language finds its expression, first of all, in the binomial possessive structure, the first part of which is usually denoted by the subject of possession, and the second, most often with noun, is the object of possession. Such a possessive construction in the Turkic languages is called a possessive combination or a nominal definitive combination; it is the object of study in many articles, monographs and grammars of the Turkic languages. The arrangement of the components of the possessive structure is strictly regular, the permutation of the parts, as a rule, is unacceptable, since it violates the existing syntactical norms of the language and complicates the implementation of communicative functions. A rare violation of this norm is observed mainly in fiction and is associated with the aspect of expression.

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