genitive phrase

1. Possesor Phrase Possessee Noun (Genitive Noun phrase) (Head Noun)

2. Possessee Noun Possesor Phrase (Head Noun) (Genitive

Noun phrase)

GENITIVE PHRASE

kungaka-r evike-r-tyn child-PL toy-PL-3PL.POSS

Gen N

‘(the) children’s toys’

(Nedjalkov 1997: 82)

EVENKİ (ALTAİC (TUNGUSİC): RUSSİA)

mimi-na bolo

bladder-CONST pig N Gen

‘(the) pig’s bladder’

(Crowley 2002: 530)

GELA (AUSTRONESİAN (OCEANİC): SOLOMON ISLANDS)

John’s bike Gen N

the roof of the houseN Gen

ENGLİSH

Türkçede sondan eklemeli bir dil olduğu için sahiplik durumunu belirtirken iyelik eklerini kullanır ve bu ekler isimden sonra gelir.

Tekil Kişiler: Ben (-ım, -im, -um,-üm)  Kitab-ım         Sen (-ın, -in, -un, -ün)     Kitab-ın       O  (-ı, -i, -u, -ü, -sı, -si, -su, -sü) Kitab-ı

Çoğul Kişiler: Biz (-ımız, -imiz, -umuz, -ümüz) Kitab-ımız       Siz (-ınız, -iniz, -unuz, -ünüz)  Kitab-ınız       Onlar (-ları, -leri)            Kitap-ları

İYELİK EKLERİ

kapı-nın kol-uNoun-GEN Noun-3rd Sg. Poss.(Possesor Phrase) (Possessee

Noun)

Sınıf-ın kapı-sıNoun-GEN Noun-3rd Sg. Poss. (Possesor Phrase) (Possessee

Noun)

GENİTİVE PHRASES İN TURKİSH

Order of Genitive Phrase Constituents in 1248 Languages

685 (54.9 %) GenN

467 (37.4 %) Ngen

96 (7.7 %) don’t have any dominant word order

DRYER’ S DATABASE

Order of Genitive Phrase Constituents in 76 Languages

35 (46.1 %) NGen

33 (43.4 %) GenN

8 (10.5 %) don’t have any dominant word order

İN APİCS

1. Adjective Noun

2. Noun Adjective

NOUN PHRASES(CONTAİNİNG AN ADJECTİVE

MODİFYİNG THE NOUN)

atek a bahai

mountain LK big

N Adj

‘big mountain’

(Adelaar & Muysken 2004: 562)

GÜNÜNA KÜNE (CHON (PUELCHE): ARGENTİNA)

dami kitap

costly book

Adj N

‘costly books’

(Goswami & Tamuli 2007:475)

ASSAMESE (INDO-EUROPEAN (INDİC): INDİA)

a red flower

Adj. N

an old man Adj. N

ENGLİSH

fakir genç Adj. N

beyaz kelebek Adj. N

TÜRKÇE

Noun-Adjective Word Order in 1366 Languages

878 (64.3%) NAdj.

373 (27.3%) AdjN

5 (0.4%) don’t have any dominant word order

DRYER’ S DATABASE

Noun-Adjective Word Order in 76 Languages

49 (64.5 %) AdjN

20 (26.3 %) NAdj

7 (9.2 %) don’t have any dominant word order

İN APİCS

Demonstratives can be a free word or an affix. Demonsrative word can preceed or follow the nounDemostrative affix can be prefix or suffix on the noun Demostrative word or affix may preceed and follow

the noun

DEMONSTRATIVES

mʉd лâ(k)

person this.CL1

N Dem

‘this person’

(Beavon 1986: 174)

KONZİME (NİGER-CONGO (BANTOİD): CAMEROON)

a’aw wemittokōsi

that Frenchman

Dem N

‘that Frenchman’

(Schwartz & Dunnigan 1986: 300)

MİNNESOTA OJİBWE (ALGİC (ALGONQUİAN): USA)

heʔ-l-ʔaškaʔ

this-art-coyote

Dem-N

‘this coyote’

(Wash 2001: 58)

BARBAREÑO CHUMASH (CHUMASH (CHUMASH): USA)

(220) mòл-è

man.cs1-dem1

N-Dem

‘this man’(Andersen

2002: 14)

AGAR DİNKA (NİLO-SAHARAN (NİLOTİC): SUDAN)

io trano io

this house this

Dem N Dem ‘this house’

(Keenan & Pol insky 1998: 567)

MALAGASY (AUSTRONESİAN (BARİTO): MADAGASCAR)

this/ that book Dem N

these/ those books Dem N

ENGLİSH

bu/şu/o kitap Dem N

TÜRKÇE

Demonstratives-Noun Order in 1223 Languages

560 (45.8 %) NDem

542 (44.3 %) DemN

28 (2.3 %) with demonstrative suffix

9 (0.7 %) with demonstrative prefix

17 (1.4 %) word or affix both preceed and follow

67 (5.5 %) no order or strategy is dominant

DRYER’ S DATABASE

1. Number Noun

2. Noun Number

3. Verb Number

THE NUMERAL

négy toll

four pen

Num N

‘four pens’

(Kenesei et al . 1998: 96)

HUNGARİAN (URALİC (UGRİC): HUNGARY)

mwoe tili

house five

N Num

‘five houses’

(Tryon 2002: 576)

BUMA (AUSTRONESİAN (OCEANİC): SOLOMON ISLANDS)

maʔwłt ip ʔły matet cagárokōm=nem

man fish catch.IND yesterday two=ADVZ

‘the man caught two fish yesterday.’

(Dryer 2011n cit ing Gabas, Jr 1999: 172)

ARÁRA KARÓ (TUPİAN (RAMARAMA): BRAZİL)

a. na dva mal’čika PRQ two boy.SG.GEN ‘two boys’

b. mal’čika na dva boy.SG.GEN PRQ two ‘about two boys’

(Bill ings 1995: 31, 33)

RUSSİAN (INDO-EUROPEAN (SLAVİC): RUSSİA)

five books

Num N

ENGLİSH

beş öğrenci

Num N

TÜRKÇE

Numeral-Noun Word Order in 1154 Languages

608 (52.7 %) NNum

479 (41.5 %) NumN

65 (5.6 %) don’t have dominant word order

DRYER’ S DATABASE