Patterns of Intrasentential Code-Switching in Turkish-English Bilingual Discourse: Testing the Free Morpheme and the Equivalence Constraint

Year 2018, Volume: 1 Issue: 2, 35 - 45, 30.12.2018

Elif Kemaloglu-er

Abstract

This study investigated the intrasentential patterns of code-switching in Turkish-English bilingual discourse in L2 English classroom interactions. The patterns were structurally analyzed in terms of their consistency with two grammatical constraints, namely the Free Morpheme and the Equivalence Constraint. The findings suggested that the data were incompatible with the Free Morpheme Constraint as there were many instances of bound morphemes from Turkish attached to the nouns in English. Yet, the data were partially consistent with the Equivalence Constraint as shown by some switches presenting phrasal congruence and violations confirmed by switches at points where the languages showed no linear equivalence. 

Keywords

Turkish-English Code-Switching, Code-Switching in Classroom Discourse, English as a Second Language, Intrasentential Code-Switching, Grammatical Constraints On Code-Switching, Free Morpheme Constraint, Equivalence Constraint

Türkçe-İngilizce Çiftdilli Söyleminde Cümle İçi Düzenek Değiştirme Modelleri: Serbest Morfem ve Denklik Sınırlamalarının Test Edilmesi

Abstract

Bu çalışma ikinci dil olarak İngilizce öğrenilen sınıf etkileşimlerindeki Türkçe-İngilizce çift dilli söylemde bulunan cümle içi düzenek değiştirme modellerini incelemiştir. Modeller Serbest Morfem ve Denklik Sınırlamaları adlı iki dilbilgisel sınırlamayla olan uyumları açısından yapısal olarak incelenmiştir. Sonuçlar, İngilizce isimlere eklenen Türkçe bağımlı morfemlere ait çok sayıda örnek nedeniyle verilerin Serbest Morfem Sınırlaması ile uyuşmadığını göstermiştir. Ancak veriler Denklik Sınırlaması ile kısmen uyumlu olmuştur. Sözcük gruplarında uyum gösteren bazı düzenek değiştirme örnekleri ve dillerin doğrusal denkliğinin olmadığı noktalarda yapılan düzenek değiştirmelerin doğruladığı ihlaller, uyumun neden kısmi olduğunu ortaya koymaktadır.

Keywords

Türkçe-İngilizce Düzenek Değiştirme, Sınıf İçi Söylemde Düzenek Değiştirme, İkinci Bir Dil Olarak İngilizce, Cümle İçi Düzenek Değiştirme, Düzenek Değiştirmede Dilbilgisel Sınırlamalar, Serbest Morfem Sınırlaması, Denklik Sınırlaması

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