Referential Dependencies in Turkish: Some Novel Arguments on the Binding of Kendisi, O and Pro Türkçede Göndergesel Bağımlılıklar: Kendisi, O ve Adıl’ın Bağlanması Üzerine Yeni Argümanlar
Dilbilim Arastirmalari Dergisi, cilt.34, sa.1, ss.81-107, 2023 (Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 34 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2023
- Doi Numarası: 10.18492/dad.1142337
- Dergi Adı: Dilbilim Arastirmalari Dergisi
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Linguistic Bibliography, MLA - Modern Language Association Database, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.81-107
- Anahtar Kelimeler: binding, pronouns, reflexives, Turkish
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
The Turkish reflexive kendisi (self-3SG.POSS) deviates from Principle A of the Binding Theory and from the Minimalist movement approaches to referential dependencies. This paper concurs with Kornfilt (2001) and provides further support that kendi-si is preceded by a null possessor (pro) which influences its binding but argues that kendisi is not a reflexive. Kendisi’s distribution changes when its possessor is a null pronominal (pro) or an overt pronominal (o, ‘she/he/it’). It is claimed that pro and o are not the null and overt counterparts of the same pronominal. Pro and o show the same distribution only in (in)direct object positions. In possessive phrases and subject positions, their distributions differ. Following Cardinaletti and Starke (1999) and Safir (2004), it is argued that pro is a weak pronoun which only refers to an antecedent mentioned in the context. But o is a strong pronoun and can make independent reference and function as a topic shifter.