Bound morphology of the Turkish loan verbs in Greek: morphological and semantic functions

Abstract

The Greeks had historical contacts with their neighboring people, through intermarriage and mutual influences. The Greek-Turkish language contacts, however, were more intensive since for centuries Greece was part of the Ottoman Empire. The latter dominated Greece for almost five Centuries. During this period and due to the intensive contact, a plethora of Turkish vocabulary adopted and assimilated into the Greek, including nouns, adjectives, and verbs, which they are in use until the present days in standard Greek as well as in other dialectical varieties of Greek. During the last two decades, the studies on Greek - Turkish language contacts have increased, mainly investigating the assimilation of the Turkish loanwords (nouns, adjectives, and verbs) in the Greek varieties of Minor Asia as well as in Standard Greek. However, the bound morphology of the Turkish loan verbs in Greek has not received a systematic attention in the Greek studies. Therefore, the following thesis aims to thoroughly investigate this generally neglected field