Türkçede Tümce İşlemlemede Sözdizimsel Yapı ve Uzaklık Etkisi

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 21 Sayı: 2, 49 - 75, 28.12.2025

Selin Çalışkan Alper Kumcu , İpek Pınar Uzun

Öz

Önceki araştırmalar, Görsel Dünya Paradigması’nı (GDP) kullanarak, tümce işlemlemenin, tümcelerin sunulduğu görsel ortamdan etkilendiğini göstermektedir. Bu çalışma, GDP kullanılan bir göz izleme deneyi aracılığıyla Türkçede tümce işlemlemede sözdizimsel karmaşıklığın ve çizgisel uzaklığın süreç-içi işlenmesini araştırmaktadır. İşitsel-görsel bilginin sözdizimsel karmaşıklık (içe-gömülü ve çizgisel) ve tümce uzaklığı (kısa ve uzun) ile nasıl etkileşime girdiği incelenmiştir. Çalışmada işitsel-görsel bilginin, özne ilgi tümceciklerinde sözdizimsel karmaşıklığın süreç-içi işlemlemesine duyarlı olduğu ve eylem-öncesi ile eylem-sonrası arasındaki çizgisel uzaklığın artımlı işlemleme açısından önemli olduğu varsayımlanmıştır. Bulgularımız, sözdizimsel karmaşıklığın bakış sürelerini etkilediğini ve çizgisel uzaklığın belirgin bir etkisinin bulunduğunu göstermiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Sözdizimsel Karmaşıklık , Türkçe , Çizgisel Uzaklık , Görsel Dünya Paradigması , Göz Hareketleri

Etik Beyan

Bu çalışma, TÜBİTAK 1002-A Kısa Dönem Modülü kapsamında desteklenmiş ve Ankara Üniversitesi Etik Kurul Başkanlığı tarafından 17.02.2022 tarihinde 02/06 sayılı kararla onaylanmıştır.

Destekleyen Kurum

Tübitak

Proje Numarası

122K664

Teşekkür

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The Syntactic Structure and Distance Effect on Sentence Processing in Turkish

Öz

Previous research using the Visual World Paradigm (VWP) has shown that sentence processing is influenced by the visual environment in which sentences are presented. This study investigates online processing of syntactic complexity and linear distance in Turkish sentence processing through an eye-tracking experiment using the VWP. We examined how auditory-visual information interacts with syntactic complexity (nested vs. linear) and sentence distance (short vs. long). We hypothesized that auditory-visual information is sensitive to online processing of syntactic complexity in subject-relative clauses (SRCs), and the linear distance between pre- and postverbal positions is critical for incremental processing. Our findings showed that syntactic complexity affected gaze duration, whereas linear distance had a distinct effect.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Syntactic Complexity , Linear Distance , Visual World Paradigm , Eye Movements , Turkish

Etik Beyan

This study was supported within the scope of Tübitak 1002-A Short Term Module and approved by Ankara University Ethical Committee Presidency on 02/17/2022 with decision No. 02/06.

Destekleyen Kurum

Tübitak

Proje Numarası

122K664

Teşekkür

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