Abstrakt
The focus of the article is a semantic analysis of the verb syldžar 'to visit' in Sakha, a Siberian Turkic language. Usually translated as 'to visit' or 'to move', syldžar is used not only as a main verb with full lexical meaning but also as an aux- iliary verb with various grammaticalized functions.
We analyze two main seman- tic domains of syldžar as a lexical verb: 1) the motion use; 2) the existential/locative use. Consequently, the analysis involved the evidentiality and aspectual functions of the auxiliary verb in multiverb constructions.
The final chapter is concerned with the asymmetric negative structure of syldžar constructions. Our analysis is based on spontaneous written sources and elicited data consulted with a native speaker.