Abstract
PRONOMINAL VERBS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES IN TUVAN
In this study, pronominal verbs and their derivatives in Tuvan are examined and it is aimed to represent the words in this category in Tuvan as a whole. The material of the study is classified according to sharing the common root or stem, analysed morphologically and semantically. In the study, these verbs are classified into three groups in terms of their structures: derivations of ınča, mınča, kanča; derivations of interrogative pronoun čü/čüü; derivations through {+LA-}. In each section, structural aspects of these words are discussed and their usages are represented by sample sentences. According to the findings of the study, it is concluded that the verbs, whose structures are not clear at first sight, in the first group are formed by fusion of the words ınča, mınča, kanča and kıl-; second group is formed by fusion of the words čü/čüü and bol- The forms derived from these verbs are typical samples of grammaticalization and lexicalization in Tuvan.
Keywords
Tuvan, pronouns, verbs, lexicalization, grammaticalization.