On the use of the locative adverbs bura-, ora- and şura- in Turkish Cover Image

Dėl vietos prieveiksmių bura-, ora- ir şura- vartosenos turkų kalboje
On the use of the locative adverbs bura-, ora- and şura- in Turkish

Author(s): Beata Butkevičiūtė
Subject(s): Descriptive linguistics, Finno-Ugrian studies
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: anaphora; deictic gestures; cataphora; simulated conversation; direct deixis; Turkish language; place deixis; locative adverbs;

Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the Turkish deictic locative adverbs bura- (‘here’) ora- (‘there’) and şura- (‘here’, ‘there’). Some researchers (Lyons 1977, Levinson 1983, Anderson and Keenan 1985) claim that şura- occupies an intermediate position between bura- and ora-. Some others (Küntay and Özyürek 2002, 2006) note that şura- is neutral with regard to distance specifications. This investigation has identified a rather problematic usage of the deictic locative adverb şura-. Taking into account that contemporary Turkish language has gradually developed from a three-member deictic system into a two-member system, the paper attempts to more thoroughly investigate the usage of the locative adverb şura- and describe the prevailing deictic system in the Turkish language

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 1-22
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Lithuanian