@article{article_1047474, title={Investigating Contact-induced Change in Heritage Turkish: A Study on the Use of Temporal -DIK Converbial Constructions}, journal={Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences}, volume={15}, pages={223–241}, year={2021}, DOI={10.47777/cankujhss.1047474}, url={https://izlik.org/JA55XG83PT}, author={Akkuş, Mehmet and Sağın Şimşek, Çiğdem and Backus, Albert M.}, keywords={contact-induced change, temporal converbial construction, Turkish, Hollandaca, -DIK}, abstract={This study presents an analysis of a contact-induced language change process
concerning temporal -DIK converbial constructions in the variety of Turkish spoken in
the Netherlands (henceforth, Dutch Turkish). This study particularly aims to
investigate whether these converbial constructions are prone to language change in
the speech production of the first and second generations of Dutch-Turkish speakers
within the framework of usage-based linguistics. In line with the research aims, this
study utilizes semi-structured interviews applied to three groups of participants:
Dutch-Turkish bilingual speakers from a first-generation background (n=11), Dutch-
Turkish bilingual speakers from a second-generation background (n=12) and a control
group of Turkish monolingual speakers (n=12). Analyses of the data obtained from the
three groups of participants reveal that the participants’ speech production of
converbial constructions indicates a linguistic change in converbial constructions in
the frequency of the use of converbs.}, number={2}