Research Article

A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction

Volume: 16 Number: 1 June 6, 2022
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A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction

Abstract

Coupled with corpora, usage-based construction grammar aims to provide cognitive plausibility for linguistic phenomena. In this vein, this paper combines construction grammar and usage-based approaches to analyze evidentiality in Turkish. While Turkish has been analyzed from a usage-based perspective, evidentiality has not been taken up in a usage-based constructionist approach. By using corpora, association measures, and construction as a notion and a framework, this paper defines the Unevidentiality Construction in a taxonomic space. First, it outlines its semantic properties and then it uses association measures such as faith, delta (∆) p, and ITECX to determine its usage pattern and statistical biases based on corpora. The paper demonstrates a superordinate and lower-level, item-specific instantiations of the construction. The results from association measures and the family of unevidentiality constructions can serve for future linguistic endeavors.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Language Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 6, 2022

Submission Date

September 27, 2021

Acceptance Date

May 16, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 16 Number: 1

APA
Gedik, T. A. (2022). A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 16(1), 61-82. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1001326
AMA
1.Gedik TA. A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction. CUJHSS. 2022;16(1):61-82. doi:10.47777/cankujhss.1001326
Chicago
Gedik, Tan Arda. 2022. “A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 16 (1): 61-82. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1001326.
EndNote
Gedik TA (June 1, 2022) A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 16 1 61–82.
IEEE
[1]T. A. Gedik, “A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction”, CUJHSS, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 61–82, June 2022, doi: 10.47777/cankujhss.1001326.
ISNAD
Gedik, Tan Arda. “A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 16/1 (June 1, 2022): 61-82. https://doi.org/10.47777/cankujhss.1001326.
JAMA
1.Gedik TA. A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction. CUJHSS. 2022;16:61–82.
MLA
Gedik, Tan Arda. “A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction”. Cankaya University Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, vol. 16, no. 1, June 2022, pp. 61-82, doi:10.47777/cankujhss.1001326.
Vancouver
1.Tan Arda Gedik. A Usage-Based Constructionist Approach to Evidentiality in Turkish: The Unevidentiality Construction. CUJHSS. 2022 Jun. 1;16(1):61-82. doi:10.47777/cankujhss.1001326

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