FROM CONVERB TO CLAUSAL SUBJECT? A MINIMALIST APPROACH TO THE STATUS OF {-(y)AlI} ELEMENTS IN TURKISH
{-(y)AlI} is a suffix widely attested in both historical and modern Turkish and exhibits a range of functions. In grammars of modern Turkish, it is generally analyzed only as a converb suffix. However, it may be considered that the suffix also exhibits event-denoting clausal subject uses in contemporary Turkish novels....