TY  - JOUR
A1  - Keskin, Cem
T1  - On the directionality of the Balkan Turkic verb phrase
BT  - Variationist and theoretical perspectives
JF  - Languages
N2  - Balkan varieties of Turkic, particularly those on the periphery of the Turkic spread area in the region, such as Gagauz and West Rumelian Turkish, are commonly observed to have head-initial verb phrases. Based on a wide survey, this paper attempts a more precise description of the pattern of VP directionality across Balkan Turkic and shows that there is considerable variation in how prevalent VX order is, a pattern that turns out to be more complex than the previous descriptions suggest: Two spectrums of directionality can be discerned between XV and VX orders, contingent upon type of the dependent of the verb and dialect locale. The paper also explores the grammatical causes underlying this shift in constituent order. First, VX order seems to be dependent upon whether a clause is nominal or not. Nonfinite clauses of the nominal type have XV order across Balkan Turkic, while finite clauses and nonfinite clauses of the converbial type show differing degrees of VX order depending on type of dependent and geographical location. Second, VX order appears to be an outcome of verb movement to the left of the dependent in finite clauses and nonfinite clauses of the converbial type, rather than head parameter shift.
KW  - Balkan Turkic
KW  - Rumelian Turkic
KW  - OV–VO
KW  - verb phrase
KW  - head directionality
KW  - nominalization
KW  - verb movement
KW  - head parameter
KW  - word order variation
KW  - microvariation
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3390/languages8010002
SN  - 2226-471X
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel, Schweiz
ER  - 
TY  - GEN
A1  - Keskin, Cem
T1  - On the directionality of the Balkan Turkic verb phrase
BT  - Variationist and theoretical perspectives
T2  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe
N2  - Balkan varieties of Turkic, particularly those on the periphery of the Turkic spread area in the region, such as Gagauz and West Rumelian Turkish, are commonly observed to have head-initial verb phrases. Based on a wide survey, this paper attempts a more precise description of the pattern of VP directionality across Balkan Turkic and shows that there is considerable variation in how prevalent VX order is, a pattern that turns out to be more complex than the previous descriptions suggest: Two spectrums of directionality can be discerned between XV and VX orders, contingent upon type of the dependent of the verb and dialect locale. The paper also explores the grammatical causes underlying this shift in constituent order. First, VX order seems to be dependent upon whether a clause is nominal or not. Nonfinite clauses of the nominal type have XV order across Balkan Turkic, while finite clauses and nonfinite clauses of the converbial type show differing degrees of VX order depending on type of dependent and geographical location. Second, VX order appears to be an outcome of verb movement to the left of the dependent in finite clauses and nonfinite clauses of the converbial type, rather than head parameter shift.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe - 184 
KW  - Balkan Turkic
KW  - Rumelian Turkic
KW  - OV–VO
KW  - verb phrase
KW  - head directionality
KW  - nominalization
KW  - verb movement
KW  - head parameter
KW  - word order variation
KW  - microvariation
Y1  - 2022
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-587532
SN  - 1866-8380
IS  - 184
ER  -