Issues in the grammar of Turkish comparatives

Umut Özge

doi:10.18492/dad.1185344

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Türkçe karşılaştırma yapılarında birtakım konular

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Makale, Türkçede sözdizim anlambilim arakesitinde karşılaştırma yapılarıyla ilgili birtakım konulara odaklanmaktadır. Önce, karşılaştırma yapılarının adlaştırma temelinde çalışılmalarına rağmen zengin bir tümcesel yapı içerebileceklerini göstereceğiz. Sonrasında karşılaştırma yapılarının anlamlandırılmasının, bu görev için söylemsel ipuçlarına ihtiyaç duyan dillerin aksine, sözdizimsel yapı tarafından kısıtlandığını göstereceğiz. Sonrasında karşılaştırma standardının dilbilgisel özellikleri üzerinde duracağız. Burada öbeksel ve tümcesel karşılaştırma başı olarak iki seçeneği inceleyeceğiz. Bu seçeneklerden ilkinin eldeki verilerle uyuşmadığını göstererek ikinci seçeneğin geçerli olduğu sonucuna varacağız.

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Thanks

I would like to thank an anonymous DAD reviewer for their invaluable comments and criticisms, which improved the paper a lot. I would like to thank Carla Umbach, Stephanie Solt, Selçuk İşsever, and Murat Özgen for discussion. I am grateful to Asiye Tuba Özge for discussion and support.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Linguistics , Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Umut Özge ^*
0000-0002-0784-2257
Türkiye

Publication Date

June 20, 2023

Submission Date

October 6, 2022

Acceptance Date

May 17, 2023

Published in Issue

Year 1970 Volume: 34 Number: 1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.1185344

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA38ZX25WU

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Özge, U. (2023). Issues in the grammar of Turkish comparatives. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 34(1), 57-79. https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.1185344

Issues in the grammar of Turkish comparatives

Türkçe karşılaştırma yapılarında birtakım konular

Öz

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