6th International Symposium Oriental Studies

75 The 6 th International Symposium on Oriental Ancient Documents Studies Olga Sarygoz Appellative Word and Phrase Derivation in the Modern Turkish Language The appellative lexicon of the modern Turkish language remains one of unexplored linguistic domains. The main aim of the paper is linguistic description of word formation of proper and common names in the modern Turkish language, definition of peculiar features, identification of consistent patterns in the formation of these lexical sets, as well as new unrecorded forms. Turkish appellatives include words, phrases and syntactic groups. They reflect social and economic phenomena, and develop inside the Turkish language according to derivation laws and writing system. The author gives an attempt to clarify theoretical questions of word formation and obtain additional information on functioning of language units in speech. Key words: appellative, vocative case, affixes, Turkish morphology.