THE FREQUENCY AND USAGE OF THE MODAL ADVERBS “KESİN, KESİNLİKLE AND MUTLAKA” IN TURKISH SPOKEN DISCOURSE
Journal Title: The Journal of International Social Research - Year 2015, Vol 8, Issue 38
Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine the grammatical frequency and usage of the modal adverbs kesin, kesinlikle and mutlaka that appear in semi-planned Turkish spoken discourse within discourse grammatical approach. In accordance with this purpose, a corpus is created by transcribing data about health, politic, current affairs, culture-art which last for 15 hours. The data of the study is analyzed by using corpus based discourse analysis, by the aid of “Keyword In-Context - KWIC” software. In the findings part of the study, the usage frequencies and the meanings of the mentioned adverbs with other grammatical structures are determined and tabulated by heading away from the examples chosen from the corpus and in addition, while determining these meanings and usages consideration is being given according to framework of discourse (context, place, time, properties of the participants and communication subject) of the native speakers. There are examples in the study about how these determinations are made. The results and the conclusion of the study are compared to the other studies aimed at modal adverbs in discussion and conclusion parts of the paper. It is expected that the research will contribute to teaching Turkish both as mother language and as foreign language.
Authors and Affiliations
Duygu Ak Başoğul
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP267214
- DOI -
- Views 153
- Downloads 0
A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON THE 2015 LIFE SCIENCE CURRICULUM
Life Science is taught in the first three classes of primary schools to give students various skills and personality traits. In 1924 Primary School Curriculum, life science is not an independent course but its content gi...
SOME DETERMINATION AND RECOMMENDATIONS RELATED TO USAGE OF METAPHOR (FIGURE OF SPEECH-METONYMY) IN RHETORICAL BOOKS
Rhetoric themed books have been classified under different titles throughout the history. With the Tanzimat Reform Era, subjects of rhetoric were collected under three titles which are me’ani, beyân and bedîʿ. It is seen...
BEWARE OF GREEKS, BEARING GIFTS : LINGUISTIC AND RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE AS MODES OF COLONIALISM
Language is considered as a person’s identity, both national and individual, thereby making him/her a part of a whole. Being parts of a whole, everybody feels himself/herself as an ontological entity within a specific co...
FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF TEKIRDAG RUSTEM PASHA KULLIYAH
The concept, “Kulliyah” (building complex), the roots of which dated back to the first years of Islamism, stands for a complex of buildings centered around a mosque and composed of various individual buildings with socia...
DIVORCE AND WOMEN IN THE TURKISH NOVEL (1960-1980)
Themes related to women holds a place significantly in the Turkish novel from the beginning. In particular, the authors focus on women and women's individual pursuit; furthermore, for females to have discussed according...