AN ANALYSES ON ERGATIVITE CONSTRUCTION IN KURMANJI KURDISH -SOUTH-EAST, NORTH, AND SOUTHWEST DIALECTS-

Year 2023, Issue: 8, 13 - 40, 29.04.2023

Mehmet Yonat , Osman Aslanoglu

https://doi.org/10.55106/kurdiname.1265843

Abstract

Kurmanji Kurdish has accusative and ergative structure. Ergative structure are seen on verbs in the past tense, the accusative structure are seen on verbs in the present tense. Due to the characteristics of Kurmanji Kurdish verbs and due to the semi-accusative effect, different usages emerge in the ergative structure in Kurmanji. Synchronically, if the structure of the ergative is analyzed, many different uses can be found, such as double-oblique and accusativization. Different forms are used not only for interlinguistic reasons, but also because of the multilingual realitiy of Kurmanji Kurdish speakers. In this paper, the aim is to analyze the ergative structure in a synchronic way. First, we focused on the ergative structure and we analyzed this structure in detail. Then, the use of the ergative construction in three dialects of Kurmanji Kurdish was analyzed in terms of the age and gender of the speakers. This work is valuable both from the point of view of understanding the ergative structure and the use of Kurmanji Kurdish by Kurmanji Kurdish multilingual speakers.

Keywords

Ergative Construction, Kurmanji Kudish, Dialect, Double-oblique

Supporting Institution

DÜBAB

Project Number

EDB. 18.002

ANALIZEK LI SER AVANIYA ERGATIFÊ -DEVOKÊN KURMANCÎ YÊN BAŞÛRÊ ROJHILAT, BAKÛR Û BAŞÛRÊ ROJAVA-

Abstract

Kurdîya Kurmancî xwedîyê taybetîya avanîya akuzatîf û ergatîf e. Di lêkerên di koka dema borî de hatine kişandin de avanîya ergatîf û lêkerên di koka dema niha de hatine kişandin de jî avanîya akuzatîf tê dîtin. Ji ber taybetîyên lêkerên kurdî û ji ber bandora nîvakuzatîfbûnê, di avanîya ergatîf de bikaranînên cuda derdikevin holê. Bi awayekî senkronîk eger avanîya ergatîfê bê analîzkirin, gelekî bikaranînên cuda têne dîtin, wekî cottewang û akkuzatîfîzasyon. Ne tenê sebebên navzimanî lê ji ber sebebên pirzimanîbûna axêverên kurdîya kurmancî jî formên cuda têne bikaranîn. Di vê xebatê de, armanc analîzkirina avanîya ergatîf bi awayekî senkronîk e. Pêşî em li ser avanîya ergatîf sekinîn û bi hemû aliyên wê ve me ev avanî analîz kir. Paşê di çarçoveya emr û zayenda axêveran de bikaranîna avanîya ergatîfê di sê devokên kurdîya kurmancî de hate analîzkirin. Ev xebat hem ji alîyê fêmkirina avanîya ergatîf ve hem jî ji alîyê bikaranîna kurdîya kurmancî ya axêverên pirzimanî yên kurdîya kurmancî ve xwedîyê qiymet e.

Keywords

Avanîya Ergatîf, Kurdîya Kurmancî, Devok, Cottewang.

Project Number

EDB. 18.002

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