Investigating collocational priming in Turkish

CANGIR, HAKAN; DURRANT, Philip; BÜYÜKKANTARCIOĞLU, S. Nalan

Investigating collocational priming in Turkish

Hakan CANGIR, (Ankara University, School of Foreign Languages, Gölbaşı, Ankara, 06830, Turkey)

S. Nalan BÜYÜKKANTARCIOĞLU, (Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Department of English Linguistics, Ankara, 06800, Turkey)

Philip DURRANT (University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK)

Journal of Language and Linguistic Studies

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Yıl: 2017 Cilt: 13 Sayı: 2 Sayfa Aralığı: 465 - 486 Metin Dili: İngilizce İndeks Tarihi: 22-03-2019

Investigating collocational priming in Turkish

Öz:

Several attempts have been made to illustrate the organization of the monolingual mental lexicon and eachmodel proposed so far has highlighted different aspects of lexical processing. What they have in common is thefact that their depictions rely on single lexical items and paradigmatic relations come to the fore in theirexplanations. Hoey‟s lexical priming theory (2005) tries to shed light on the issue of collocational processing inthe internal lexicon from a cognitive and psycholinguistic perspective and its importance for our overall creativelanguage production. A number of psycholinguistic studies have tested Hoey's theory as it relates to English, butwork in other languages is limited. The present study broadens the scope of work in this area by investigatingwhether collocational priming also holds for speakers of Turkish. Furthermore, the possible influence offrequency and part of speech on collocational priming is scrutinized by exploring the correlations betweenresponse times in the priming experiment and these independent variables. The findings revealed a significantcollocational priming effect for Turkish L1 users, in line with Hoey‟s claims. The regression analysis indicatedfrequency and part of speech as important predictors of processing duration. The correlation analysis alsoshowed significant correlations between the response times and both word and collocational frequency. Atentative mental lexicon framework is proposed based on the findings of this research.

Anahtar Kelime:

Konular: Dil ve Dil Bilim

Eşdizimli kelimelerde öncelemenin Türkçe bağlamında incelenmesi

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Tekdillilerin zihin sözlüğünün nasıl şekillendiğini açıklamaya çalışan bir çok teşebbüs olmuştur ve şimdiye kadar önerilen her bir model kelime işlemleme sürecinin farklı bir boyutunu ele almıştır. Bu modellerin ortak noktası, betimlemelerinin eşdizimli kelimeler gibi kelime gruplarını göz ardı etmeleri ve yaklaşımlarında paradigmatic ilişkilerin öne çıkmasıdır. Hoey (2005) tarafından ortaya atılan Kelimelerde Önceleme Teorisi, eşdizimli kelimelerin zihin sözlüğünde işlemlenmesine ve bu işlemlenmenin yaratıcı dil üretimimiz için olan önemine bilişsel ve psikodilbilimsel açıdan ışık tutmaya çalışmaktadır. Birçok psikodilbilimsel araştırma Hoey‟in teorisini İngiliz dili bağlamında test etmiştir. Mevcut araştırma ise bu alanda yapılan çalışmaların kapsamını genişletmiş ve eşdizimli kelimelerde önceleme olgusunu Türk dili bağlamında incelemiştir. Ayrıca, sıklığın ve sözcük türünün tartışılan süreçteki muhtemel etkisi, önceleme deneyindeki sözcük karar verme süreleri ve söz konusu bağımsız değişkenler arasındaki ilişki incelenelerek mercek altına alınmıştır. Hoey‟in iddialarını doğrular nitelikte olan bulgular, Türkçe anadil konuşucuları için önemli bir önceleme etkisini işaret etmektedir. Regresyon analizi göstermiştir ki, sıklık ve sözcük türü işlemleme süresinin önemli bir kestiricisidir. Son olarak, sözcük karar süreleri ile eş dizimli kelimelerde sıklık arasında güçlü bir korelasyon tespit edilmiştir. Araştırmanın bulgularına dayanarak mütevazi bir zihin sözlüğü modeli ortaya konmuştur.

Anahtar Kelime:

Konular: Dil ve Dil Bilim

Belge Türü: Makale Makale Türü: Araştırma Makalesi Erişim Türü: Erişime Açık

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