Multiple Sayings as a Resource for Halting a Course of Action in Interaction: Evidence from Turkish Everyday Discourse

Derya Aydın; Gülsüm Songül Ercan

doi:10.18492/dad.1367605

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Etkileşim Sırasında Bir Konuşma Eylemini Sonlandırma Kaynağı Olarak Çoklu Yinelemeler: Türkçe Gündelik Söylemden Kanıtlar

Öz

Karşılıklı konuşma sırasında bir konuşucunun kendi sözcesini yinelemesi olarak açıklanan kendini yineleme, sözlü söylemde çeşitli işlevleri yerine getirmektedir. Bu çalışmada, bir konuşma biriminin aynı söz sırasında tek bir ezgi konturu ile yinelenmesi biçiminde gerçekleşen özel bir kendini yineleme türü olan çoklu yinelemelerin kullanımı incelenmektedir. Gündelik söylemde farklı dilsel kaynaklar çoklu yinelemeler olarak kullanılmakta ve çeşitli iletişimsel işlevleri yerine getirmektedir. Çalışmanın kapsamı (i) “evet evet evet” ve “bekle bekle bekle” gibi tek sözcüklü çoklu yinelemeleri ve (ii) bunların etkileşimsel işlevlerini inceleyecek biçimde sınırlandırılmıştır. Türkçede yinelemeler çeşitli çalışmalarda ele alınmış olmakla birlikte çoklu yinelemeler ve bir eylemi sonlandırma işlevi henüz incelenmemiştir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, Karşılıklı Konuşma Çözümlemesi çerçevesinde Türkçe gündelik söylemde bir eylemi sonlandırmak için kullanılan çoklu yinelemelerin ve bu yinelemeler aracılığıyla sonlandırılan eylemlerin belirlenmesidir. Çalışmanın veritabanı 10 saatlik Türkçe gündelik konuşma kaydından elde edilen çevriyazı metinleridir. Bulgularımız, Türkçe dil konuşucularının çoklu yinelemeleri alanyazında farklı dillerde yapılan çalışmalara koşut biçimde gereksiz bir konuşma eyleminin sonlandırılması amacıyla kullandığını ortaya koymakta ve sözü edilen işlevin evrenselliğine işaret etmektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Multiple Sayings as a Resource for Halting a Course of Action in Interaction: Evidence from Turkish Everyday Discourse

Abstract

Self-repetition, which is defined as repeating one’s own utterance, performs various functions in spoken discourse. This study investigates the use of “multiple sayings”, a specific type of self-repetition which involves the speaker’s repetition of some unit of talk in the same turn multiple times, under a single intonational contour. In everyday discourse different linguistic resources are used as multiple sayings performing different communicative functions. The study limits itself in two aspects: (i) the use of lexical multiple sayings such as “yes yes yes” and “wait wait wait”; (ii) their function of halting the prevailing course of action in talk-in interaction. Although repetitions have been investigated in Turkish in several studies, this specific form of repetition and this specific function remains to be explored. To this end, using Conversation Analysis as the method of analysis, the study aims to find out what multiple sayings are used in Turkish everyday discourse for halting a course of action and what courses of action they halt. The database of the study consists of the recordings of a 10-hour Turkish everyday discourse. The analysis of the data reveals that in line with the previous studies conducted in other languages, Turkish speakers use multiple sayings to stop an unwarranted course of action, which implicates the universality of this function.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Linguistic Performance Science , Discourse and Pragmatics

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Derya Aydın ^*
0000-0003-0706-8051
Türkiye

Gülsüm Songül Ercan
0000-0002-5392-7008
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 24, 2024

Submission Date

September 27, 2023

Acceptance Date

April 17, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 35 Number: 2

DOI

https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.1367605

IZ

https://izlik.org/JA94TP73WT

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RIS / Bibtex

APA

Aydın, D., & Ercan, G. S. (2024). Multiple Sayings as a Resource for Halting a Course of Action in Interaction: Evidence from Turkish Everyday Discourse. Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi, 35(2), 223-239. https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.1367605