Research Article

On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish

Number: 86 July 30, 2018
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On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish

Abstract

The article discusses how split intransitivity phenomenon is observed in Turkish in terms of aspectual notions such as agentivity and telicity; different grammatical constructions such as impersonal passives and adjectival passives, and derivational morphology. It observes that agentivity is the key factor affecting split intransitivity in Turkish alongside telicity and these determine the unaccusative-unergative distinction of verbs of manner of motion, verbs of emission and reflexive verbs in Turkish. The article proposes that verbs of emission seem to be unaccusative while reflexives behave more like unergatives. Our findings imply that variable behavior of intransitive verbs can be handled under an event structure analysis where different functional heads give theta role to a NP merged in their domain. Thus, there is no need for a lexical derivation or rule for accounting the facts on unaccusativity.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

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Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Semra Baturay Meral * This is me
Türkiye

Publication Date

July 30, 2018

Submission Date

December 17, 2014

Acceptance Date

May 7, 2015

Published in Issue

Year 2018 Number: 86

APA
Baturay Meral, S., & Meral, H. M. (2018). On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish. Bilig, 86, 115-136. https://izlik.org/JA69YW66PN
AMA
1.Baturay Meral S, Meral HM. On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish. Bilig. 2018;(86):115-136. https://izlik.org/JA69YW66PN
Chicago
Baturay Meral, Semra, and Hasan Mesut Meral. 2018. “On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish”. Bilig, nos. 86: 115-36. https://izlik.org/JA69YW66PN.
EndNote
Baturay Meral S, Meral HM (July 1, 2018) On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish. Bilig 86 115–136.
IEEE
[1]S. Baturay Meral and H. M. Meral, “On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish”, Bilig, no. 86, pp. 115–136, July 2018, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA69YW66PN
ISNAD
Baturay Meral, Semra - Meral, Hasan Mesut. “On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish”. Bilig. 86 (July 1, 2018): 115-136. https://izlik.org/JA69YW66PN.
JAMA
1.Baturay Meral S, Meral HM. On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish. Bilig. 2018;:115–136.
MLA
Baturay Meral, Semra, and Hasan Mesut Meral. “On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish”. Bilig, no. 86, July 2018, pp. 115-36, https://izlik.org/JA69YW66PN.
Vancouver
1.Semra Baturay Meral, Hasan Mesut Meral. On Single Argument Verbs in Turkish. Bilig [Internet]. 2018 Jul. 1;(86):115-36. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA69YW66PN

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