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Idiomaticity, formulaicity and semi-fixed constructions in Turkish

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dc.contributor Graduate Program in Linguistics.
dc.contributor.advisor Göksel, Aslı.
dc.contributor.author Şen, Ali Yağız.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-16T11:43:44Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-16T11:43:44Z
dc.date.issued 2019.
dc.identifier.other LING 2019 S46
dc.identifier.uri http://digitalarchive.boun.edu.tr/handle/123456789/15873
dc.description.abstract This study investigates idiomaticity, formulaicity and constructions in Turkish, limiting the analysis to semi-fixed multiword constructions. These concepts have been independently studied for this language, however, never within a constructionist approach or in systematic relation to each other. In this regard, this is arguably the first study that shows that beyond canonical idioms such as ayranı kabarmak ‘burst with anger’, one finds how varying degrees of idiomaticity and formulaicity relate with each other and how widespread they are in the language. In doing this, the analysis is founded upon three theoretical pillars: Wray’s theory of formulaicity (2002, 2008); Wulff’s (2008) definition of idiomaticity, and Goldberg’s Cognitive Construction Grammar (CCG) (2005). A thorough analysis of form and function, particularly modal function, is provided for semi-fixed constructions such as [Vi-(y)A Vi(y)A X mI Vi] (e.g. gele gele sen mi geldin?! ‘Of all the people YOU came (complaining tone)?!’. The main findings are: i) in the spirit of their holistic and non transparent nature, SFCs tend to denote modality implicitly; ii) boulomaic modality is the most commonly expressed; iii) the prevalent discourse functions of SFCs are dismissing, criticizing, and/or complaining. It is hoped that this exploratory and preliminary study contributes to the studies of modality, the scalar nature of idiomaticity and formulaicity, and the status of the concept of construction in CCG sense for Turkish and cross-linguistically. It is believed that Turkish lexicography and pedadogy can benefit from giving a more central role to semi-fixed constructions.
dc.format.extent 30 cm.
dc.publisher Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2019.
dc.subject.lcsh Turkish language -- Idioms.
dc.title Idiomaticity, formulaicity and semi-fixed constructions in Turkish
dc.format.pages xv, 183 leaves ;


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