The interpretation of overt subject pronominals in Turkish
This study explores the interpretation of co-indexation between overt subject pronominals, specifically o and kendisi, with quantified/wh-word antecedents among native Turkish speakers. The research employs a task designed to elicit responses that either force a bound or disjoint interpretation with...
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Dilbilim Derneği (The Linguistics Association)
2023-12-01
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| description | This study explores the interpretation of co-indexation between overt subject pronominals, specifically o and kendisi, with quantified/wh-word antecedents among native Turkish speakers. The research employs a task designed to elicit responses that either force a bound or disjoint interpretation within biased contexts. The findings reveal that o and kendisi are not interchangeable within the same context. A closer examination unveils that the interpretation of o is governed by certain syntactic constraints, although target-deviant interpretations are observed. In contrast, kendisi is more likely to be interpreted as a bound pronoun, even though both bound and disjoint interpretations are syntactically accessible. This shows that the constraint governing the binding of overt subject pronominals to quantified/wh-word antecedents, known as the Overt Pronoun Constraint, is operative for o but not for kendisi. The distinction in the behavior of these pronominals can be attributed to the diffrences in their syntactic configurations: o is costly configured than kendisi, hence displaying asymmetry across quantified/wh-word antecedents. Since the binding relations of kendisi is similar to pro, it is more prone to binding by the matrix subject. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ec8aac54730e41e8965c83d9fa6577bb2025-01-03T01:50:09ZengDilbilim Derneği (The Linguistics Association)Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi1300-85522587-09392023-12-0134216520010.18492/dad.1292056 The interpretation of overt subject pronominals in Turkish Oktay ÇINAR0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9822-7574İstanbul Medeniyet UniversityThis study explores the interpretation of co-indexation between overt subject pronominals, specifically o and kendisi, with quantified/wh-word antecedents among native Turkish speakers. The research employs a task designed to elicit responses that either force a bound or disjoint interpretation within biased contexts. The findings reveal that o and kendisi are not interchangeable within the same context. A closer examination unveils that the interpretation of o is governed by certain syntactic constraints, although target-deviant interpretations are observed. In contrast, kendisi is more likely to be interpreted as a bound pronoun, even though both bound and disjoint interpretations are syntactically accessible. This shows that the constraint governing the binding of overt subject pronominals to quantified/wh-word antecedents, known as the Overt Pronoun Constraint, is operative for o but not for kendisi. The distinction in the behavior of these pronominals can be attributed to the diffrences in their syntactic configurations: o is costly configured than kendisi, hence displaying asymmetry across quantified/wh-word antecedents. Since the binding relations of kendisi is similar to pro, it is more prone to binding by the matrix subject.http://dad.boun.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/3120647overt subject pronominalsokendisiovert pronoun constraintturkish |
| spellingShingle | Oktay ÇINAR The interpretation of overt subject pronominals in Turkish Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi overt subject pronominals o kendisi overt pronoun constraint turkish |
| title | The interpretation of overt subject pronominals in Turkish |
| title_full | The interpretation of overt subject pronominals in Turkish |
| title_fullStr | The interpretation of overt subject pronominals in Turkish |
| title_full_unstemmed | The interpretation of overt subject pronominals in Turkish |
| title_short | The interpretation of overt subject pronominals in Turkish |
| title_sort | interpretation of overt subject pronominals in turkish |
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| url | http://dad.boun.edu.tr/tr/download/article-file/3120647 |
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