Indirect object models in the language of Old Turkic runic monuments

Abstract

The aim of our research is to identify the indirect object models that can be attributed to the original Turkic language features, using the language of the oldest written monuments that have survived to the present day as the material for analysis. We attempted to classify the discovered syntactic models, using the type of relationship between the components of the construction as the main criterion and their classifying grammatical meaning as a more specific criterion. The scientific novelty lies in the fact that during the study, we determined that the indirect object construction in the language of the Old Turkic runic script is expressed through various means: case forms of substantive parts of speech and verbal-nominal forms; through postpositions within word combinations; pronouns with substantive meaning; nominal phrases – izafet; substantive-adjective forms. As a result of the research, indirect object constructions have been identified and examples of their usage in the language of the Old Turkic runic script have been provided.