Bodily Semelfactives in Turkish: Aspectual and Pragmatic Analysis of Öksür- and Göz Kırp-
Muhammet Fatih Adıgüzel
The study covers aspectual potentials of the Turkish Semelfactive verbs öksür- (cough) and göz kırp- (wink) comprehensively through their concordances in the Turkish National Corpus TNCv3.0. Their common feature in their Semelfactive meanings is that the bodily events expressed with them may be both physiologically and pragmatically motivated, which determines Turkish speakers’ aspectual choices. For öksür-, self-induced coughs are called fake coughs in the study, conveying pragmatic messages with corresponding aspectual shifts. Likewise, göz kırp-, when agent-controlled, conveys certain pragmatic messages. It also has figurative meanings, which causes aspectual shifts. The present article revealed the interactions between aspectual construals of the two verbs and their pragmatic functio...
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...