back to participle/verbal noun distinction
back to participle/verbal noun distinction

    The subordinating suffixes -DIK, -AcAK and -yAn form
    either participles (words/phrases that function as
    relative clauses, `adam ol-acak çocuk') or verbal nouns
    (words/phrases that function as noun phrases
    `gid-eceğ-ini bilmiyordum').

    During the rewrite I got a brilliant(!) idea that when
    they are in bare form, they are form participles, and
    when they get further nominal suffixes they form verbal
    nouns. So, the suffixes are participles, but resulting
    word/phrase becomes a noun with a zero-derivation. It
    seems I was  wrong: the word/phrase may still function
    as participle after other nominal suffixes:
    `oku-yaca-ğım kitap'.

    So, back to the distinction: we have both
    {part_,vn_}{dik,acak,yan}, and no superficial
    derivations.

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