The ordering of the affixes in the verb structure
Aram Rashid Majeed
Kirkuk University
DOI: https://doi.org/10.25130/jls.5.4.2.23
Keywords: affixes ordering, derivational affixes, inflectional affixes, base
Abstract
The research is entitled (The order of the affixes in the verb structure). The location and ordering of the derivational and inflectional additions attached to the base of words, whether in the lexicon or in the syntactic representation, is one of the issues and matters in morphological and syntactic studies. This problem has led to the emergence of several assumptions and hypothesis to reveal and know the structure of that order and the extent of the proximity and distance of the derivational and inflectional affixes to the base of the word. In order to arrive at that structure and the reasons for the adhesion of these increments to the base, we presented two questions in the research (1) how is the order of the derivational and inflectional affixes in relation to the verb base in the Kurdish language? Which one is the pre/post of the base? (2) How close and remote are the derivational and inflectional affixes for the verb base in the Kurdish language? Which one is closer/furthest from the base structure? In order to find the answer to these two questions, the research was based on morphological hypotheses such as the split-morphology hypothesis and the complexity-based ordering hypothesis. The order and position of the verbs in the Kurdish language are based on the basic properties of the verb, such as (time, direction, place,..), meaning which of the derivational and morphological affixes include those properties whose rank and position are closer to the verb base, and vice versa.
