In this article we want to investigate in how far these verbal forms differ from each other and in how far they are the same. Indoeuropean languages use conjunctions in order to connect sentences with other sentences or clauses, words which give a certain structure to syntax. In agglutinative languages it is verbal suffixes which are giving a certain structure. They are either paticiples, verbal nouns or converbs, depending on the intention of the speaker. This is also the case in Turkish and Tamil being both agglutinative languages. In this contribution we want to investigate in how far the typological similarity influinces grammatical entities, like the syntax when using suffixes that connect sentences or clauses with each other. At the end of this contribution we want to throw a glance at the oppinion of some scientists that I had a discussion about this topic with. Some linguists think that it is logical that agglutinative languages always have a parallel syntax because of the same system, including grammatical morphemes. At the end of this contribution we want to demonstrate that this is not the case at all.The parallel syntax functions only in those places in which speakers want to express the same content. In order to prove this point just a few examples are enough as the examples demonstrate on first sight the difference in the syntactic structure.
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Agglutinative Languages, Syntax, Converbs, Finit Verbforms Participles, Comparative Linguistics
Ad | Adverb |
Ac | Accusative |
Da | Dative |
Hi | Hiatus |
In | Infinitive |
Is | Instrumental |
Co | Converb |
Ge | Genitive |
Lo | Locative |
Pl | Plural |
Po | Possessiv suffix |
Pr | Preterite |
Pp | Personalpronoun |
Ps | Present tense |
Pc | Participle |
Sb | Subject |
Su | Substantive |
Ve | Verb |
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