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In
the last twenty years the research into text and discourse has greatly
developed. One of the most important aspects of this progress lies
in the shift from 'text linguistics' to 'text theory' (that is,
to a text-theoretical framework), which means to get a semiotic
viewpoint...
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Yesim
Aksan
Mustafa Aksan
University of Mersin (Turkey) |
Postpositions
in Turkish: Adverbial Use and Aspectual Properties
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In
this paper we will try to investigate certain syntactic and semantic
properties of the postposition üzere in Turkish. The first
section of the paper will present a brief historical account of the
postposition in question. The second section will present complementation
properties of üzere, noting its basic syntactic and semantic
functions. Section three will discuss the semantics of üzere
as a "prospective aspect marker". |
Demet
Yilmaz
University of Mersin (Turkey) |
Language
Universals
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When
asked the question 'What may 'Universals of language refer to? the
answer will most probably be 'the features that are common to all
human languages in the world' which is true. As generally known all
human beings speak and communicate by the use of a language that cannot
be found in any of the other species. There are generally estimated
to be about 4000 to 6000 languages in the world. This number alone
gives us the idea of the immense diversity of languages of the world,
but despite their differences, there also has to be an underlying
unity to human languages. Linguistic typology is the study of the
structural variation within human language with a view to establishing
limits on this variation and seeking explanations for the limits. |
Mehmet
Ali Bugucam
University of Mersin (Turkey) |
Lexical
Ambiguity As A Very Concrete Example of Inaccuracy In Communication
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The
article that you will read is a study on the reasons of inaccuracy
in general and on one of the kinds of inaccuracy, the Lexical Ambiguity
in specific. By this way, we will be analyzed the problem with the
method of deduction |
Serap
Yelkenaç
University of Mersin (Turkey) |
Language
and Sex Differences
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Throughout
this article, you will scan the connection and in each part you will
find the answers of these questions; part I tries to answer the question-
is the language sexist, for example, by looking at the lexicon and
grammar? Part II tries to explain the question- in what ways do males
and females use language differently (word choice, topic selection,
amount of talks, politeness, grammar and pronunciation)? Lastly, the
question identified in part III - what are the factors that are influential
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