@article{article_1741638, title={The Enigma of The Turkish Morpheme –(y)AcAk: A Disquisition on Tense-Aspect-Modality Interpretations}, journal={Nesir: Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi}, pages={149–175}, year={2023}, DOI={10.5281/zenodo.8402899}, author={İskender, Halil}, keywords={–(y)AcAk, tense, aspect, modality, futurity, Turkish}, abstract={This paper investigates how future temporal reference is established in the presence of the Turkish morpheme –(y)AcAk, a widely debated element in the linguistic literature that is traditionally labeled as a future tense marker. Existing analyses, while significantly contributing to our understanding, do not fully encapsulate the entirety of the observed distributional and interpretational properties of this morpheme. In the ensuing pages, a critical examination of the preceding accounts will be undertaken, traversing the realms of tense, aspect, modality, and multifunctionality; and present the challenges associated with these analyses. While it does not venture to propose a new interpretative framework for the enigmatic –(y)AcAk, it suggests that the modality-based account of Rivero aligns more closely with the observed complexities of this morpheme, according to our analysis. This paper underlines the need for further research to enhance our understanding of –(y)AcAk within Turkish grammar. Through an in-depth interaction analysis of –(y)AcAk with other linguistic phenomena and morphosyntactic comparisons with related languages, future research holds the potential to illuminate this morpheme’s intricate nature, thereby enriching the broader theoretical landscape of tense, aspect, and modality studies.}, number={5}, publisher={Association for Thought and Literary Studies}