Existential Negation in Turkish: A Functional Approach

Autor/in	Seydi, Muberra
Titel	Existential Negation in Turkish: A Functional Approach
Quelle	In: Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies, 16 (2020) 2, S.647-660 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Seydi, Muberra)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1305-578X
Schlagwörter	Morphemes; Turkish; Morphology (Languages); Syntax; Semantics; Structural Analysis (Linguistics); Form Classes (Languages) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Morphem; Türkisch; Morphology; Morphologie; Semantik; Structural analysis; Strukturanalyse; Analytischer Sprachbau
Abstract	Existential negation is the one type of negation present in languages, which its item is called "negative existential", and it provides to tell the case of "absence", "lack", "there is not", "poor", "empty", "dead" etc. Negative existentials are generally used for the common similarity of a structure as morphological, syntactic and semantic typologies. In Turkish, existential negation occurs with the independent morpheme "yok," which is defined as "absolute absence/non-existence". "Yok" is the main negative existential that is different from the standard negation and it is a separate lexical item with negative content. Since it is a powerful negator with its "absolute absence/nonexistence" meaning, it can be used in different positions, such as existential negation, possessive negation, emphatic negation, standard negation, short answer "no", prohibition or double negation. In addition to "yok," the bound morpheme "-sXz" is used with "without/lack" meaning in existential negation by implying the non-existence case. Besides, general rejection item "degil," which means "is not", is used in existential negation, which implies the non-existentiality by rejecting the existence case that is presupposed. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies. Hacettepe Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi B Blok, Yabanci Diller Egitimi Bolumu, Ingiliz Dili Egitimi Anabilim Dali, Ankara 06800, Turkey. e-mail: jllsturkey@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.jlls.org
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Update	2024/1/01