Adopting an eclectic analytic perspective of discourse analysis, conversation analysis
and functional approaches, this study conducts an in-depth pragmatic analysis and
describes the function of three pragmatic particles yani, iSte and Sey in casual,
conversational Turkish. All three particles have multiple functions, which are
described by reference to occurrences in utterances within three different domains of
conversation. While utterance initial occurrences of yani are mainly connective and
continuative, the utterance final placement of yani mainly acts as a situating particle
with a strongly interactional nature. The utterance medial occurrences are basically
&lsquo / self-editing&rsquo / whereby the speaker marks the clarification of a point in his/her prior
talk. iSte mainly acts as a frame particle demarcating utterances as containing
detailed, highlighted, and reported information as well as connecting distant pieces of
utterances. The third particle Sey basically marks the speaker&rsquo / s temporary mental
effort of extracting the linguistic information from the memory. In addition to its
major role in repair organisation whereby marking its producer&rsquo / s verbal planning and
word search, Sey displays caution and discretion and marks politeness when
assessing/asserting something about the self or the other.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12604853/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 April 2004 |
| Creators | Yilmaz, Erkan |
| Contributors | Ruhi, Sukriye |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Ph.D. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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