Plurality as the marker of exhaustivity in Turkish wh-questions

Plurality as the marker of exhaustivity in Turkish wh-questions

This paper is concerned with exhaustivity in Turkish wh-questions. The question addressed is in what ways the exhaustivity reading is achieved. It is shown that the presence of the plural marker –lAr on the wh-word gives rise to the exhaustive reading. The plural marker acts as the exhaustivity mark...

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Published in:Türkbilig Vol. 2021; no. 42; pp. 183 - 194
Main Author: Görgülü,Emrah
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hacettepe Üniversitesi 2021
Subjects:
Edebiyat
Türk Dili
Ankara
Türkiye
çoğulluk
exhaustivity
presupposition
Türkçe
önsayıltı
Kapsamlılık
wh-questions
plural marking
kim-ne soruları
Turkish
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Summary:This paper is concerned with exhaustivity in Turkish wh-questions. The question addressed is in what ways the exhaustivity reading is achieved. It is shown that the presence of the plural marker –lAr on the wh-word gives rise to the exhaustive reading. The plural marker acts as the exhaustivity marker since it evokes an exhaustivity requirement. Therefore, it is analysed as the presuppositional exhaustivity marker since it is presupposed in the question that there is an exhaustive list of answers. The findings of this study are compatible with those analyses where whquestions are considered to be not inherently exhaustive.
ISSN:1302-6011