Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar

Glossary of grammatical terms 479
voiceless consonant a consonant pronounced while the vocal cords are not vibrating (e.g.
/p/, /t/, /k/, /s/)
voice suffix collective term for the causative, passive, reflexive and reciprocal suffixes,
which precede all other inflectional suffixes on the verb stem
volitional utterance a type of sentence (distinguished from statements and questions)
which expresses the speaker’s (or in interrogative forms the hearer’s) will or desire
(e.g. Buraya gel! ‘Come here!’ Gidelim mi? ‘Shall we go?’)
wh-phrase a questioning expression used in questions other than yes/no questions or
alternative questions; so named because most of the Engish expressions in this class
(who, where, which, etc.) begin with wh-