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A note on the Old Turkic denominal verb formatives +lA-, +A-, +tA-, and +lAn-

An-King Lim


Pages 259 - 265

DOI https://doi.org/10.13173/TL/2017/2/259




Conceptual representations of the denominal verb formative +lA-, +A, +tA- and +lAnthat were previously characterized with the schema DO-base in Lim (2011a 2011b) are now refined with the ENGAGE-base schema and the responsive DO-schema with the INDUCE-base schema. Thus, we have

(1) +lA- is the ENGAGE-base schema ‘to gainfully ENGAGE the literal capacity of the base without an object or to gainfully ENGAGE an association of the base with an object’;

(2) +A- is the ENGAGE-base schema ‘to gainfully ENGAGE the metaphorical capacity of the base without object or to gainfully ENGAGE an association of the base with an object’;

(3) +tA- is the ENGAGE-base schema ‘to gainfully ENGAGE the metonymical capacity of the base without an object or to gainfully ENGAGE an association of the base with an object’;

(4) +lAn- is the INDUCE-base schema ‘to gainfully INDUCE the literal or referential attributes or capacity of the base without an object or to gainfully INDUCE an association of the base with an object.’



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