EXPLORING ASPECTUAL AND PRAGMATIC BEHAVIOURS OF THE TURKISH BODILY SEMELFACTIVE GEĞIR- (BURP) IN THE CORPUS

Muhammet Fatih Adıgüzel

This study presents a corpus-driven analysis of the Turkish bodily semelfactive verb geğir- (‘to burp’), focusing on its aspectual and pragmatic behaviour. Semelfactives are generally characterized as punctual, single-stage events lacking duration and result states. Drawing on data from the Turkish Web 2012 (enTenTen) corpus, the study examines how geğir- is realized under different grammatical aspectual viewpoints, particularly perfective and imperfective constructions. The analysis explores basic-level semelfactive uses as well as aspectual shifts whereby the verb is reinterpreted as a derived-level Activity through iteration, progressive marking, or durative adverbials. In addition, the study investigates pragmatic and sociocultural patterns associated with the verb, including agentivit...