On the Metalinguistic Usage of Negation

Year 2013, Volume: 14 Issue: 26, 91 - 106, 01.12.2013

M. Selcen Çürük

Abstract

In addition to the truth-functional usage of the negation that focuses on the meaning of the sentence/utterance, there is also a metalinguistic usage based more on the structure of the uttered expression. The metalinguistic usage of negation is actualized with the negation (by repetition) of all or part of the -in general previously uttered- sentence/utterance. What is negated via metalinguistic negation can be any linguistic unit that is not in accordance with the logical structure of the sentence/utterance as well as the pronunciation and writing of the linguistic units and style. In metalinguistic usage, the reciter generally negates a previously uttered expression in order to correct it. This study focuses on the metalinguistic usage of negation and the appearance of this usage in the Turkish used in Turkey.

Keywords

negation, descriptive negation, metalinguistic negation, discourse-pragmatic function

Olumsuzluğun Üstdilsel Kullanımına Dair

Abstract

Olumsuzluğun, tümce/sözcenin anlamına odaklanan doğruluk-işlevsel kullanımı yanında, dile getirilen ifadenin daha ziyade yapısını esas alan üstdilsel kullanımı da söz konusudur. Olumsuzluğun üstdilsel kullanımı, -umumiyetle daha önce dile getirilen- tümce/sözcenin ya tamamının ya da bir kısmının (tekrar edilerek) olumsuzlanması ile gerçekleştirilir. Üstdilsel olumsuzlukta olumsuzlanan, tümce/sözcenin mantıksal yapısına uymayan herhangi bir dilsel birimi olabileceği gibi, dilsel birimlerin telaffuzu, yazımı ya da üslup olabilir. Olumsuzluğun üstdilsel kullanımında konuşur, genellikle kendinden önce dile getirilen ifadeyi düzeltmek amacıyla onu olumsuzlar. Bu çalışmada olumsuzluğun üstdilsel kullanımı ve bu kullanımın Türkiye Türkçesindeki görünümleri üzerinde durulmuştur.

Keywords

olumsuzluk, betimleyici olumsuzluk, üstdilsel olumsuzluk, söylem-edimbilimsel işlev

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