An experimental investigation of existential sentences and cognitive/semantic categories in Turkish
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2012/05/0003/000209Keywords:
Existentials, Figure-Ground, TurkishAbstract
In this study, we investigated the relationship between two fundamental cognitive/semantic categories, Figure (F) and Ground (G), in Turkish existential sentences. We created a scale in which F-G relations were constructed with sagittal configurations such as "There is a mouse in front of an elephant." We asked Turkish native speakers to judge these sentences. Repeated measures ANOVA showed that participants judged the F-G sentences, and they rated the F-G sentences with "in front of" the lowest. This finding provides evidence for the F-G relations in Turkish existential sentences.
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