A Study On The Composition Of Modern Uygur Verbs

Vocabulary of any language is always in perpetual development. The development of vocabulary manifests itself in the creation of new words, dying out of old ones and evolution of lexical meaning. However, word-formation is an important way to create new words. Thus, it is of utmost importance to study the word formation of a language. This paper used the verbs in "Uyghur Tilining Izahliq Lughiti" as linguistic data, and selected out more than 476 verb roots, 2370 derivational verbs and 1676 compound verbs; Above mentioned verbs were analyzed by combining theories with data to study the construction system of verbs in modern Uyghur.In addition to the introduction, conclusion and appendix, this paper consists of altogether four parts. In introduction, the background and significance of the chosen topic, relative theories and research methods (the scope of morphology, the differences between inflectional and derivational change, morphological analysis, derivation, coversion, back-formation, compounding, the rules and restriction factors of word formation, lexicalization) and symbols and abbreviations used in the paper.First chapter is on the structure and classification of verbs in modern Uyghur. From the perspective of verb structure, the structure of verbs in modern Uyghur can be classified into two systems, which are word formation system and configuration system. The obj ect of study of this paper is word formation system.This paper mainly describes the methods of forming verbs and discussed the domestic and foreign research of the verbs in modern Uyghur.The second chapter is the study of the derivational verbs in modern Uyghur. Uyghur language is a typical agglutinative language, whose main method of word formation is to add suffixes to word roots and stem.Morphological suffixes are a vital part of morphology in Uyghur language,and there are quite a few of them in modern Uyghur.This chapter is discussed in the following three sections.In the first section,17 sufffixes formed by nouns are analyzed,which are {+A-}、{+i-}、{+(A)d-}、{+(A)r-}、{+(A)y-}、{+(X)k-}、{+DA-}、{+1A-}、 {+1As-}、{+lAn-}、{+sA-}、{+sin-}、{+sirA+}、{+sit+}、{+sA-}、{+KXr-}、 {+(X)(r)kA-}、In the second section,four suffxes formed by onomatopoeias are analyzed,which are{+X1dA-}、{+KirA-}、{+rA-}、{+si-}、In the third section, five suffixes formed by verbs are analyzed,which are{-(X)K-}、{-(X)msirA-}、 {-sin-}、{-stUr-}、{-KA-}、This paper closely analyzed the historical development of each suffix,and its word-forming functions in modern Uyghur and problems that may arise during the process.The third chapter is the study of compounds in modern Uyghur.A so called compound is consisted of two or more lexically independent words,which forms a new word with a particular meaning.In Uyghur,compounds are formed by nouns and auxiliaries.This chapter depicted auxiliaries in modern Uyghur that can form compounds, and their functions.The fourth chapter is the study of functional shift words in modern Uyghur. This chapter is mainly focused on whether conversion exists in modern Uyghur or not. As regard to this problem, homograph noun and verbs in "Uyghur Tilidiki Shekildash Sozler Lughiti" were closely analyzed in this chapter, and words of this nature reach a number of 136. Nearly 30 or more of them are related in aspects of morphology and lexical meaning.In conclusion is based on the contents of previous four chapters, and conclusions were made after careful and meticulous analysis.