On extensive meanings of lazïm constructions in Cypriot Turkish
It is well documented that the notion ‘necessity’ in Cypriot Turkish is shaped by means of the lexical unit lazïm ‘need/necessary’ and both the voluntative markers as well as the optative marker, illustrated as . The following paper, presenting collected data from natural conversations takes however...
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| Publicado en: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cchyp, |
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| Formato: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Idioma: | Anglais |
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Cahiers du Centre d’Études Chypriotes
2022
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| Acceso en liña: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Résumé: | It is well documented that the notion ‘necessity’ in Cypriot Turkish is shaped by means of the lexical unit lazïm ‘need/necessary’ and both the voluntative markers as well as the optative marker, illustrated as . The following paper, presenting collected data from natural conversations takes however, another look at the formation under discussion. It is attested that the use of is far more extensive. Focusing on both contextual as well as emotional backgrounds in which the Cypriot Turkish speaker applies the formation, the paper classifies examples according to semantical notions as ‘commissive’, ‘admonitive’, ‘slight reproach’, etc. |
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