Valenz in Turkmen: Morphological processes

In Turkish grammatical studies, the notion of valenz has been analysed in terms of "verb-complement relation" or "predicate-case suffix" relation. This thesis aims to present the morphological processes affecting the valenz in Turkmen and a limited comparative analysis of the valenz with Turkish. In the thesis, morphological processes are constructed as the processes that increase the valenz and the processes that decrease the valenz. The processes that increase the valenz are handled under two subheadings as causativization and object addition. The processes that decrease the valenz are analysed under five subheadings: passivisation, anticausativization, reflexivisation, reciprocal, accusative, noun and object incorporation. The processes affecting the valenz of the verbs are discussed on the propositions scanned from various types of Turkmen works. The purpose of the thesis; Instead of the limited perspective of a comprehensive issue such as valenz, it is to make an examination through various categories that affect the request and operate the process. In addition, since Turkmen and Turkish are related languages, it is to show off their similarities as well as their differences. Key Words Valenz, Valenz in Turkmen, Syntax, Semantics, Morphological Processes.