KATIYEN as a common ground modifier in Turkish
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.3765/ptu.v7i1.5431Keywords:
KATIYEN, negative polarity items, emphatic adverbs, modal adverbs, degree modification, common ground managementAbstract
KATIYEN is classified as a negative polarity item that necessarily takes scope
under clause-mate negation (Kelepir 2001) and subcategorized as a (super)strong-NPI
that is licensed in antimorphic contexts (Görgülü 2017, following Zwarts 1995). I argue
that KATIYEN has a dual use as a negative sensitive item and a degree modifier on the
common ground. The novel data I present indicate that KATIYEN can be used in
structurally (and semantically) nonnegative sentences to express an attitude holder’s
ultimate degree of certainty. I aim to capture its dual status by suggesting that KATIYEN
is a universal modal adverb that behaves similarly to the Greek emphatic NPIs by
taking scope over negation (Giannakidou 2000), in addition has a common ground
managing function of marking the interlocutor’s strong stance towards the positive or
negative proposition.
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