| Demonstratives and Grammaticalization: A Perspective from Modern Turkish Contributor(s): Balpınar, Metin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0367731762 ISBN-13: 9780367731762 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $25.64 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study | Turkish & Turkic Languages - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Physical Information: 94 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Demonstratives and Grammaticalization offers an in-depth analysis of the demonstrative system in Turkish. This book provides the first comprehensive analysis dealing with both the synchronic variations in Turkish demonstratives and their grammatical changes. It sheds light on the syntactic, semantic, and pragmatic properties of the demonstratives, systematically describes the various usages of these forms, and provides a unified explanation for the various accounts of their distribution. While the focus is on Turkish, this analysis contributes to our understanding of how a demonstrative system operates in a language with a three-way distinction. |