Verb Synthesis and Frequency
Abstract
Successive affixation in agglutinative languages derives complex structures. This study introduces frequency information of affix sequences in verbal domain from a corpus data. Recurent patterns of "morphgrams" formed by combinations of voice suffixes from non-finite template with other verbal inflections from finite template are extracted from the corpus. Starting with the simple two-morphgram patterns to the most complex nine-morphgrams, affix sequences are cited in the corpora. Samples indicate that Turkish do not derive monsterous words but rather limits the number of affixes that may be attacehed to a verb root or stem. Various statistical calculations also indicated the significance of grammatical patterns of affixes. The method and findings of the study have implications for morphological processing in agglutinative languages.
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References
- Aksan, M., & Mersinli, Ü.,A corpus-based Nooj module for Turkish,29-39,Komotini, Greece,Proceedings of the Nooj 2010 International Conference and Workshop,2011
Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Mustafa Aksan
Mersin University
Türkiye
Devrim Alıcı
Mersin University
Türkiye
Umut Ufuk Demirhan
Mersin University
Türkiye
Publication Date
July 15, 2016
Submission Date
January 15, 2016
Acceptance Date
June 3, 2016
Published in Issue
Year 2016 Volume: 13 Number: 2
