AN OVERVIEW OF THE CATEGORY OF GRAMATICAL NUMBER (SINGULAR-PLURAL) IN TUVAN AND TURKISH NOUNS

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Nouns identifying all animate and inanimate objects to be found in the universit exist as either being one or more than one (in number). Within this context, nouns across all of the world the world‟s languages are generally classed under two categories singular and plural. Here we have explored this topic through two contemporary Turkic languages, Tuvan and Turkish. Turkish is a member of the Southwestern (Oghuz) branch of the Turkic language family and is spoken in the far western fringes of the Turkic World (Turkey, the Balkans, Northern Cyprus). Tuvan falls within the north eastern (Siberian) branch of Turkic languages, and together with Yakut is spoken in the far eastern fringes of the Turkic World (Siberia). Our aim was to comparatively examine these two distantly related Turkic languages both from a geographical as well as from a phonological and structural angle. We have also attempted to surveyed the current linguistic situtation of both languages within the scope of this research without going into historical details where possbile. In this study, we examined the category of number in nouns under three groups: singular, collective and plural. In line with most other scholars, we too have taken into consideration the various lexical, syntactical, and morphological categories during our overview of this topic.

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Tuvan , Turkish , plural nouns , categorical number in nouns , collective plurals , plurals with double meanings , dual

International Journal Of Turkish Literature Culture Education

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International Journal Of Turkish Literature Culture Education