Research Article

Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish

Volume: 23 Number: 1 January 25, 2024
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Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish

Abstract

The question of how silence is interpreted by native speakers, as well as when silence is possible to begin with, is one of the most basic issues with respect to the syntactic (and morpho-syntactic) investigations cross-linguistically. In these brief remarks, I would like to address some data in Turkish and their analysis to be found in this context in prior studies. More specifically, I would like to suggest that some of the claims made in the (scarce) literature on empty pronouns versus ellipsis in Turkish should be weakened somewhat, given that the generalizations proposed can be overridden in some contexts.

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References

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Linguistic Structures (Incl. Phonology, Morphology and Syntax)

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

January 25, 2024

Submission Date

November 13, 2023

Acceptance Date

January 17, 2024

Published in Issue

Year 2024 Volume: 23 Number: 1

APA
Kornfilt, J. (2024). Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 23(1), 410-419. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.1383240
AMA
1.Kornfilt J. Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish. GAUN-JSS. 2024;23(1):410-419. doi:10.21547/jss.1383240
Chicago
Kornfilt, Jaklin. 2024. “Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23 (1): 410-19. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.1383240.
EndNote
Kornfilt J (January 1, 2024) Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23 1 410–419.
IEEE
[1]J. Kornfilt, “Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish”, GAUN-JSS, vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 410–419, Jan. 2024, doi: 10.21547/jss.1383240.
ISNAD
Kornfilt, Jaklin. “Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 23/1 (January 1, 2024): 410-419. https://doi.org/10.21547/jss.1383240.
JAMA
1.Kornfilt J. Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish. GAUN-JSS. 2024;23:410–419.
MLA
Kornfilt, Jaklin. “Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish”. Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 23, no. 1, Jan. 2024, pp. 410-9, doi:10.21547/jss.1383240.
Vancouver
1.Jaklin Kornfilt. Further Thoughts and Observations About Silent Arguments in Turkish. GAUN-JSS. 2024 Jan. 1;23(1):410-9. doi:10.21547/jss.1383240

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