@article{article_860384, title={PRAGMATIC FUNCTIONS OF ‘PARDON’ IN TURKISH CORPUS}, journal={Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi}, volume={8}, pages={60–75}, year={2021}, author={Baş, Melike}, keywords={pardon, pragmatic function, corpus, discourse marker}, abstract={This corpus-based study aims at investigating the pragmatic uses of the word ‘pardon’ in Turkish. Concordance lines from Turkish National Corpus (i.e., TNCv.3) were analyzed and categorized in terms of the pragmatic and discourse functions of the word pardon. The findings reveal that the lexical meaning of pardon is extended into several illocutionary functions in addition to its dictionary definition: a light apology, self-repair, soft opposition, taking attention, interruption, request for repetition and metonymic use of fault/forgiveness. The quantitative findings demonstrate that pardon is more frequently used as a discourse marker than an apology form. The study shows how a single lexeme may gain different functions in language use independent of its original semantic content, and corpora provide invaluable data for discourse/pragmatic analyses.}, number={1}, publisher={Dokuz Eylul University}