turkish phonology and morphology (türkçe ses ve b‹ç‹mb‹lg‹s‹)

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It is your turn!
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Turkish Phonology and Morphology (Türkçe Ses ve Biçim Bilgisi)
these verbs. Transference may sometimes be metaphorical with verbs such as
oku-, söyle-, ö¤ret-, göster-, sor-, yolla-, etc. (Berk, 1999: 35). In Zeynep’e kitap
okudum, there is not an object being transferred from the subject to the indirect
object. Transference here is more of an abstract one.
The idea of transference of the possession assumes [+animate] and mostly
[+human] indirect objects. *Kitab› eve verdim is ungrammatical unless [-animate] ev
is used to refer to the people at home. Instead of this function, the dative case with
such noun phrases marks a directional relationship between the verbs and their
inanimate arguments as shown in:
(9) Kitab› ev-e götürdüm.
Kitab› Ankara-y-a yollad›m.
Kitab› masa-y-a b›rakt›m/koydum.
Eflyalar› otel-e götürdüm.
The dative case marked noun phrases in (9) are directional arguments of the
verbs, and they have the semantic function of goal. They can be replaced by a
[+animate] noun such as Zeynep retaining the same function: Kitab› Zeynep’e
götürdüm.
Dative case morphology conveys the meaning of direction to with intransitive
verbs as well: Masa-y-a düfltü, Sinop-a gittik, Salon-a döndük.
As mentioned earlier, among the case assigners in Turkish, a certain sub-group
of verbs, adjectives, and postpositions selects the dative case to assign to their
objects. Some examples of such verbs are X-e ilgi duymak, X-e gücenmek, X-e
yak›flmak; those of adjectives are X-e hayran, X-e düflkün, X-e merakl›; and those
of postpositions are X-e kadar, X-e ra¤men, X-e göre.
Non-Local Functions of -(y)A
When the dative case is used without showing directionality, it conveys the
following functions.
(10) Bütün para Demet-e kald›.
Annem-e hediye ald›m.
Herkes o-n-a çal›fl›yor.
(11) S›nav-a It is your haz›rlan›yor.
turn!
1 Bilgi 1 almay-a gidiyoruz.
(12) Kitaplar› kaça ald›n?
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It
milyona.
is your turn!
2
In (10)
2
Demet, anne and o are the people who are affected by the actions
denoted in a beneficial manner. It is for this reason that they are said to have the
benefactive It is role. your turn! In (11) dative cased noun phrases indicate a purpose, and in
3 (12) the dative 3 functions as an indicator of price.
It is your turn!
Which one of It is the your following turn! has a benefactive function?
4 Paray› 4masaya
b›rakt›.
Paray› kardefline b›rakt›.
It is your turn!
It is your turn!
5 5
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6 6
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It is your turn!
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