Research Article

A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH

Volume: 6 Number: 2 October 22, 2019
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A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH

Abstract

Mirativity is a relatively recent, notable concept in linguistic typology. It is known that expressions of mirativity have no grammatical connection to evidential systems in many languages, while in other languages, person marking systems and aspectual forms can have meanings associated with new, unexpected knowledge and surprise (Aikhenvald, 2012, p. 436). Turkish is one of the languages in which an evidential marker, -mIş, has mirative extensions. Similarly, in Japanese, mirative meanings are conveyed through the grammatical form -ta. In this study, we present the control of exclamatives and contexts on the mirative meanings comparatively in Turkish and Japanese using Aikhenvald’s classification. Our findings indicate that mirativity is a subclass of modality as a separate category from tense and aspect in both Japanese and Turkish, and their miratives are in relation to evidentiality. 

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Details

Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 22, 2019

Submission Date

July 18, 2019

Acceptance Date

October 7, 2019

Published in Issue

Year 2019 Volume: 6 Number: 2

APA
Özbek, A., & Kıra, E. (2019). A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 6(2), 569-592. https://izlik.org/JA66UZ87NF
AMA
1.Özbek A, Kıra E. A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 2019;6(2):569-592. https://izlik.org/JA66UZ87NF
Chicago
Özbek, Aydın, and Esra Kıra. 2019. “A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 6 (2): 569-92. https://izlik.org/JA66UZ87NF.
EndNote
Özbek A, Kıra E (October 1, 2019) A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 6 2 569–592.
IEEE
[1]A. Özbek and E. Kıra, “A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH”, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 569–592, Oct. 2019, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA66UZ87NF
ISNAD
Özbek, Aydın - Kıra, Esra. “A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi 6/2 (October 1, 2019): 569-592. https://izlik.org/JA66UZ87NF.
JAMA
1.Özbek A, Kıra E. A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi. 2019;6:569–592.
MLA
Özbek, Aydın, and Esra Kıra. “A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH”. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, vol. 6, no. 2, Oct. 2019, pp. 569-92, https://izlik.org/JA66UZ87NF.
Vancouver
1.Aydın Özbek, Esra Kıra. A STUDY OF MIRATIVITY IN JAPANESE AND TURKISH. Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi [Internet]. 2019 Oct. 1;6(2):569-92. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA66UZ87NF