Cypriot Turkish and Turkish Speakers’ Spoken Representations of Intraterminal and Non-intraterminal Aspect
Cypriot Turkish and Turkish Speakers’ Spoken Representations of Intraterminal and Non-intraterminal Aspect

Summary/Abstract: In this study, intraterminal and non-intraterminal aspect representations in the oral language of native Cypriot Turkish and native Turkish speakers were investigated. In this study, the data obtained from the oral language usage of natural speakers of Cyprus Turkish and Turkey Turkish who study at university in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus were used. Two experiments were conducted to determine how intraterminal and non-intraterminal aspect had been marked in the spoken language use of Turkish Cypriot and Turkish university students. In the data, the ways in which speakers in both clusters mark the intraterminal and non-intraterminal action aspect were examined. Two pictures were used to investigate intraterminal and non-intraterminal aspect representations in language usage of native Cypriot Turkish speaking young adults and native Turkey Turkish speaking young adults. Participants were asked to verbally express the actions in the pictures by showing two pictures reflecting intraterminal and non-intraterminal action appearances. The result obtained from this study suggests that intraterminal and non-intraterminal aspect oral expressions in native Cypriot Turkish and native Turkish speakers from Turkey differ from each other by using different morphemes. Cypriot Turkish speakers used –Ir (INTRANF) for intraterminality and –DI (FACT) for non-intraterminal aspect. Turkish speakers from Turkey used –Iyor (INTRALF) for intraterminality and –mIş (EVID) alongside, –DI (FACT) for non-intraterminal aspect.

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