A semantic perspective of derived nouns

Abstract

    This paper is entitled ‘A semantic perspective of derived nouns. It deals with some aspects of derived nouns in Kurdish. As is well known, semantics deals with various aspects of meaning. In this regard, derived nouns of Kurdish are observed and some notions and semantic aspects of these nouns are analyzed. The variety adopted for the study is the Central Kurdish. The paper’s research methodology is descriptive-analytic.

     In addition to the introduction, conclusion, references, and abstracts in Arabic and Kurdish, the paper consists of two main parts:

   Part one: Some semantic aspect of word, entry, semantics, the function of semantics, semantics distinctive features, syntactic structure, word, the meaning of semantic word’s, term and concept of morpheme.

     Part two: A semantic  account of Kurdish derived nouns, the term and the definition of derived noun, formation and semantics of derived nouns, Kurdish derivative morphemes, prefix, suffix, word class exchange, components of derivative nouns, formation and the meaning of semantics of derived noun in nouns, formation and the meaning of semantics of derived noun in adjectives, formation and the meaning of  semantics of derived noun in verbs, formation and the meaning of semantics of derived noun in adverbs, and the grammatical morphemes of derived nouns.