Abstract:

Distribution means dividing, separating, sharing. Distributive structures are structures used to answer the question of “how many each” directed to nouns, verbs, and verbal structures. In Turkey Turkish, they are mostly given in “distributive numeral adjective” forms in the subtitle of adjectives and adjective numbers; however in Oguz dialects other than Turkey Turkish the “distributive numeral adjective” forms do not exist. “In Oghuz dialects, distribution is done either by adding some suffixes to the number names or by using the phrases that contain the number names- in syntactic ways. The diversity observed in the suffixes used for making distributive structures in Oghuz dialects is noteworthy. Especially in Turkmen Turkish, +Ar, +şAr suffixes are not used for the distributive structures. In Turkmen Turkish, the distributive structures are done with the +(I)n tool suffix, +dAn separation case suffix +IAn, +IAp compound suffixes and +mA suffix, which is brought to the end of the original numbers. In addition, the distributive structures in Turkmen Turkish are done by adding the number “one” after the number words. In this study is discussed the diversity observed in terms of distributive structures used in Oghuz dialects. The study is focused on the manner how the distributive structures are made in Oghuz dialects such as Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmen and Gagauz Turkish and has tried to reveal similarities and differences on this issue by comparing them with each other. The ways of making distributive numeral structures in Oghuz dialects are grouped under the following headings: a) +Ar/+şAr: Turkey Turkish, Gagauz Turkish, Azerbaijan Turkish. b) +(i)n tool suffix: Turkmen Turkish, Gagauz Turkish. c) +dAn leave status suffix: Turkmen Turkish. ç) +lAn suffix: Turkmen Turkish. d) +lAp suffix: Turkmen Turkish. e) +mA suffix: Turkmen Turkish. f) the number “one”: Turkmen Turkish. g) Repetition of numbers: Turkey, Azerbaijan, Turkmen, Gagauz Turkish.

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