PHASEHOOD OF DPs IN TURKISH: AN IMPLICATION FOR NON-SIMULTANEITY

Year 2018, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 1 - 31, 24.10.2018

Murat Özgen

Abstract

Relevant literature on the phasehood of phrases puts forwards a number of diagnostic tests which can reveal the interface properties of such phrases. Common phasal phrases are known to be v*P (Chomsky 2000 and subsequent studies), CP (Chomsky 2000 and subsequent studies), DP/nP (Chomsky 2006, Hiraiwa 2005, Marantz 2007, Ott 2008, and Svenious 2004), and pP (Abels 2003, Raposo 2002, Svenonius 2003, and van Riemsdijk 1978). Given that phases have natural interface correlates, we might state the following PF & LF correlates: extraposition & isolation, clefting, nuclear/sentential stress rule, ellipsis, extraction, propositionality, reconstruction, quantifier raising, binding, negative polarity item licensing. In this study, I aim to explore the phasehood of DPs in Turkish since these phrases are still on debate within the literature. I will show that the phasehood diagnostics applied on DPs in Turkish yield contradictory results in that DPs are convergent at PF, whereas they are not phases in terms of LF diagnostics. This problem suggests a dichotomy between simultaneous spell-out (Chomsky 2008), and non-simultaneous spell-out (Felsàer 2004, Marusàicà 2008) phenomena.

Keywords

phasehood, nominal phrases, interface, non-simultaneous spell-out

TÜRKÇEDE BELÖ'LERİN EVRELİKLERİ: EŞSÜREMSİZLİĞE YÖNELİK BİR SEZDİRİM

Abstract

Öbeklerin
evreliği konusundaki ilgili alanyazın öbeklerin arakesit özelliklerini ortaya
çıkaran tanılar ortaya koymaktadır. Evre olarak varsayılan standart öbekler e*Ö (Chomsky 2000 ve izleyen
çalışmaları), TÖ (Chomsky 2000 ve izleyen çalışmaları), BelÖ/aÖ (Chomsky 2006, Hiraiwa 2005,
Marantz 2007, Ott 2008 ve Svenious 2004) ve iÖ
(Abels 2003, Raposo 2002, Svenonius 2003 ve van Riemsdijk 1978) olarak
biçimlenir. Evrelerin arakesitlerde yansımalarının bulunduğu düşünülürse, bu
arakesit özelliklerinin şu şekilde olduğunu belirtebiliriz: dışakaydırma ve
yalıtlama, ayrıklaştırma, çekirdek/tümce vurgusu kuralı, eksiltileme, çıkarma,
önermesellik, gerikurulum, niceleyici yükseltme, bağlama, olumsuz kutup birimi
yetkilendirme. Bu çalışmada, BelÖ’lerin evreliklerini Türkçe üzerinden
tartışmayı amaçladık. Bu anlamda, BelÖ’lerin SB arakesitinde evre
oluşturduklarını; buna karşın MB’de evre olamadıklarını gösteren deneysel
kanıtlar sunacağız. Bu görünüm de alanyazında eşsüremli dağıtım (Chomsky 2008)
ve eşsüremsiz (ayrık) dağıtımla (Felsàer 2004, Marusàicà 2008) ilgili bir
sezdirimde bulunacaktır.

Keywords

evrelik, adcıl öbekler, arakesit, eşsüremsiz dağıtım

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