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The grammaticalization of the Turkic comitative(s): Mismatches in harmony and stress

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Abstract

In this paper, building on Dees’ (2023, 2024) Cophonologies by Phase (CBP) analysis of the disharmonic Kazakh (South Kipchak Turkic) comitative/instrumental marker, I provide a CBP analysis of the Turkish (West Oghuz Turkic) comitative/instrumental marker. The two respective analyses capture observed mismatches in harmony and stress between the Kazakh and Turkish comitative/instrumental markers. Based on these analyses, and tying in Qaraqalpaq (South Kipchak Turkic) and Azerbaijani (West Oghuz Turkic), I argue that the South Kipchak comitative/instrumental marker and the West Oghuz comitative/instrumental marker have been grammaticalized (or semi-grammaticalized) from distinct proto-elements. Furthermore, I make novel observations about CBP-style enhanced vocabulary items, which seem to suggest that (supra)segmental content and prosodic subcategorizations are subject to change over time, but Cophonologies (or reweighting of constraints) remain intact.

How to Cite:

Dees, J., (2025) “The grammaticalization of the Turkic comitative(s): Mismatches in harmony and stress”, Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology 1(1). doi: https://doi.org/10.7275/amphonology.3024