Location, existence, and quantification in Turkish: What do results from a forced choice scale show?
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https://doi.org/10.36505/ExLing-2012/05/0004/000210Keywords:
locatives, existentials, quantification, TurkishAbstract
Previous research has shown that Turkish speakers’ acceptability judgments differ with respect to the type of quantification of nouns and the introduction of new vs. old information in locatives and existentials. The present study tested these findings by asking participants to make a choice between locatives and existentials in which nouns were quantified. Using Cochran's $Q$ and subsequent McNemar tests, we found that Turkish participants preferred existential sentences over locative sentences when introducing new vs. old information, and favored number quantification over bare or plural nouns in existential sentences. These findings together provide additional evidence for the distinction between locatives and existentials.
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