The Turkish category of Ad tamlaması. Differences and similarities within its subgroups and learning implications in L2-Turkish

Authors : Vasiliki MAVRIDOU

Pages : 132-157

Doi:10.29000/rumelide.1330559

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Publication Date : 2023-07-23

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Ad Tamlaması insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(AT); is a term which is widely used in Turkish grammars insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Hengirmen, 2007; Hatiboğlu, 1982, among others); to refer to three Ninsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(oun);+Ninsert ignore into journalissuearticles values(oun); forms, namely a); N-insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n);In N-insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(s);I, b); N N-insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(s);I and c); N N, which have been traditionally treated in combination insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Dede 1978);. This paper is trying to examine the differences lying behind the apparently formal similarity of the 3 forms giving answers to the relative degree of difficulty these forms create in the L2-Turkish-acquisition process. To this aim, we try to disambiguate the so far blurred dividing lines of the 3 forms by testing them upon certain morpho-syntactic tests insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Bağrıaçık & Ralli, 2014; Mavridou, 2020);. The results will show the degree of syntactic compositionality and semantic transparency each of these forms holds giving rise to further assumptions on their syntactic or lexical nature. More specifically, we come to assume that: a); the N-insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n);In N-insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(s);I form is syntactically and semantically analytic in all cases insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(eg. kadın-ın kuaför-ü ‘the woman’s hairdresser’);, b); the N N-insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(s);I form is syntactically non-compositional insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(= synthetic); but semantically either transparent insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(eg. kadın kuaför-ü ‘hairdresser for women’); or opaque insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Külkedi-si ‘Cindirella’);, and c); the N N form is either syntactically analytic and semantically transparent insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(eg. kadın kuaför ‘female hairdresser’);, or syntactically synthetic but semantically transparent insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(eg. anne baba ‘parents’); or syntactically synthetic but semantically opaque insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(eg. Pamuk Prenses ‘Snowhite’);. At a second level, we make assumptions on the learning sequence of these forms in L2-Turkish. Based on ‘the more transparent the easier to learn’ theory insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Libben et. al. 2003);, we assume that the syntactic N-insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(n);In N-insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(s);I form is a step ahead in the L2-Turkish acquisition process compared to more synthetic compound forms such as the N N-insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(s);I, while the N N form, which falls within the ‘grey’ region, is assumed to create the most burdens on L2-learners.
Keywords : Turkish compounds, Turkish possessive structures, Ad tamlaması, syntactic compositionality vs synthesis, semantic transparency vs opacity