Bilimsel yayınlar, araştırma sonuçlarını paylaşarak meslektaşlara yol gösterir.

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Breakdown of Bilimsel yayınlar, araştırma sonuçlarını paylaşarak meslektaşlara yol gösterir.

• paylaşmak: to share
• sonuç: the result
• bilimsel: scientific
• araştırma: the research
• -arak: by
• meslektaş: the colleague
• yol göstermek: to guide
• yayın: the publication

Questions & Answers about Bilimsel yayınlar, araştırma sonuçlarını paylaşarak meslektaşlara yol gösterir.

What does the derivational suffix -sel do in bilimsel, and why is it -sel instead of -sal?

The suffix -sel/-sal turns a noun into an adjective meaning “-ical” or “-istic.”

• It attaches to bilim (science) to form bilimsel (scientific).
• Vowel harmony dictates the form: after a front vowel (e, i, ö, ü) you use -sel; after a back vowel (a, ı, o, u) you use -sal.
• Since bilim ends in the front vowel i, the correct form is bilimsel.

How is the noun araştırma formed from the verb araştırmak?

• Araştırmak means “to research” (root araştır-
  • infinitive suffix -mak).
• The noun araştırma (“research”) is built with the noun-forming suffix -ma (verb stem + -ma).
• So araştırma literally is “the act or result of researching.”

Why is sonuçlarını in the accusative case here, and how does Turkish choose -ı vs. -i for the accusative?

• Paylaşmak (“to share”) is a transitive verb, so its direct object takes the accusative case.
• Sonuçlar (“results”) gets -ı to become sonuçları (“the results”) when they’re definite and specific.
• Vowel harmony: because sonuçlar contains the back vowels o and u, the accusative suffix is -ı rather than -i, -u, or -ü.

What is the function of the -arak in paylaşarak?

• -arak/-erek is a gerundial (adverbial participle) suffix meaning “by doing …” or “while doing ….”
• You attach it to the verb stem and it turns that clause into an adverbial phrase.
• Vowel harmony decides -arak (after a, ı, o, u) vs. -erek (after e, i, ö, ü).
• Here paylaş- ends in a → paylaşarak = “by sharing.”

Why is meslektaşlara in the dative case, and how do you form the plural + dative?

• Meslektaş means “colleague.” To say “to (the) colleagues,” you need:
  
  1. Plural suffix -lar → meslektaşlar
  2. Dative suffix -a (for “to”) after a consonant → meslektaşlara
• So meslektaşlara literally means “to colleagues.”

Why is yol göstermek used without an accusative on yol, i.e. why not yolu göstermek?

In Turkish, some verb compounds like yol göstermek (“to show the way/guide”) treat the first noun as part of the verb rather than as a separate object. In fixed expressions of this type, you do NOT add a case ending on yol; the compound as a whole is considered a transitive verb.

Why is the verb gösterir not in the continuous tense gösteriyor, and what does -r mean?

• -r is the aorist (general/habitual) tense marker in Turkish, and for 3rd-person singular there is no extra personal ending.
• Gösterir means “it shows” as a general fact or habit.
• If you said gösteriyor, that would be the present continuous (“it is showing”), implying a specific ongoing action rather than a general statement.