Towards a Model of the Relation Between Prosodic Structure and Object Displacement in Turkish
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Springer International Publishing Ag, ss.261-284, 2019
- Yayın Türü: Kitapta Bölüm / Araştırma Kitabı
- Basım Tarihi: 2019
- Doi Numarası: 10.1007/978-3-030-11385-8_8
- Yayınevi: Springer International Publishing Ag
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.261-284
- Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
This paper looks into the interpretive and focus related properties of the raised and the in-place accusative marked definites and argues that object displacement is not optional in Turkish. It further claims, contrary to the prevailing analyses, that the trigger of displacement is neither a syntactic requirement nor a purely interpretational one. It maintains that a prosodically motivated rearrangement is required to ensure that there is no clash between the PF demand of neutral focus at the left edge of the VP and a potential LF demand of hosting an unaccented accusative definite which by triggering pragmatic presupposition necessitates a hearer-old and discourse-old information status. The paper further proposes that a set of verbs can trigger presupposition and carry sentential stress, thereby restrict the focus domain with the verb in Turkish.