Utku Turk
Biographic Data
| ID | 10095029 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Utku Turk |
| GIVEN NAMES | Utku |
| FAMILY NAME | Turk |
| SIGNATURE | TÜRK U |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bogaziçi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8011-1541 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Towards a theory of scope rigidity
Turkish polar questions contain a focus-sensitive clitic =mI. When =mI attaches to a DP and the clause is embedded, we observe that the matrix clause can be read as either declarative or interrogative. We argue that the reading depends on the height of the focus relative to the embedded C. To derive the matrix question reading, the focused DP covertly moves above C. Turkish is often described as scope rigid, indicating that scope shifting covert …
Superiority effects with wh-adjuncts in Turkish
This paper examines Superiority constraints in Turkish, a wh-in-situ language that permits both A- and A'-scrambling. Previous accounts argue that Turkish lacks Superiority constraints when multiple wh-phrases occur within the same clause; that is, both wh-phrases can freely move to the left periphery, and the lower syntactic wh-phrase can take scope over the higher one at LF. Previous accounts have only observed Superiority phenomena in Turkish …
Hypothetical Comparison in Turkish
In this paper, we present a preliminary investigation of the complex formative -mışcasına in Turkish, used for hypothetical comparison. We observe that -mışcasına differs from its counterparts in previously studied hypothetical comparison constructions in one key aspect: It can naturally target non-eventive nominal predicates. Furthermore, we find that -mışcasına is primarily licensed in linguistic contexts that make a gradable property available…
Nanosyntactic Analysis of Turkish Case System
This paper takes two challenging characteristics of the Turkish case system and shows that a nanosyntactic analysis can cover both. The first puzzle is that some cases, namely ACC and GEN, in Turkish show alternations between specific and non-specific forms, while other cases like DAT and INS do not. The second puzzle concerns containment relations in morphology. Caha (2009) proposes that cases stand in a containment relation. In some languages l…
Tackling the Augmentative Puzzle in Turkish
This paper deals with the suffix -cIk in Turkish, and argues that the suffix -cIk has an augmentative meaning, as well as a diminutive meaning which has been mentioned in the literature extensively. The different meanings of the suffix -cIk are due to two different structures that I propose. While the structure of the diminutive is made of one single morpheme -cIk, that of the augmentative suffix is composed of two morphemes: -cI and -k. I offer …
No prominent works on this page.
Tackling the Augmentative Puzzle in Turkish
This paper deals with the suffix -cIk in Turkish, and argues that the suffix -cIk has an augmentative meaning, as well as a diminutive meaning which has been mentioned in the literature extensively. The different meanings of the suffix -cIk are due to two different structures that I propose. While the structure of the diminutive is made of one single morpheme -cIk, that of the augmentative suffix is composed of two morphemes: -cI and -k. I offer …
Hypothetical Comparison in Turkish
In this paper, we present a preliminary investigation of the complex formative -mışcasına in Turkish, used for hypothetical comparison. We observe that -mışcasına differs from its counterparts in previously studied hypothetical comparison constructions in one key aspect: It can naturally target non-eventive nominal predicates. Furthermore, we find that -mışcasına is primarily licensed in linguistic contexts that make a gradable property available…
Nanosyntactic Analysis of Turkish Case System
This paper takes two challenging characteristics of the Turkish case system and shows that a nanosyntactic analysis can cover both. The first puzzle is that some cases, namely ACC and GEN, in Turkish show alternations between specific and non-specific forms, while other cases like DAT and INS do not. The second puzzle concerns containment relations in morphology. Caha (2009) proposes that cases stand in a containment relation. In some languages l…
Superiority effects with wh-adjuncts in Turkish
This paper examines Superiority constraints in Turkish, a wh-in-situ language that permits both A- and A'-scrambling. Previous accounts argue that Turkish lacks Superiority constraints when multiple wh-phrases occur within the same clause; that is, both wh-phrases can freely move to the left periphery, and the lower syntactic wh-phrase can take scope over the higher one at LF. Previous accounts have only observed Superiority phenomena in Turkish …
Towards a theory of scope rigidity
Turkish polar questions contain a focus-sensitive clitic =mI. When =mI attaches to a DP and the clause is embedded, we observe that the matrix clause can be read as either declarative or interrogative. We argue that the reading depends on the height of the focus relative to the embedded C. To derive the matrix question reading, the focused DP covertly moves above C. Turkish is often described as scope rigid, indicating that scope shifting covert …
Turkish (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (4 works) · Linguistics and Cultural Studies (3 works) · Mathematics (3 works) · Natural Language Processing Techniques (3 works) · Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Morpheme (2 works)