-(y)Ip Constructions in Turkish

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2026-2-6

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Kesici, Alper

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This study examines -(y)Ip constructions in Turkish and addresses three issues: (i) the structural status of the -(y)Ip constituent as an adjunct or a conjunct, (ii) the distribution of null and overt subjects in -(y)Ip constructions, and (iii) the height at which the -(y)Ip constituent is merged. I first argue that the -(y)Ip constituent is an adjunct rather than a conjunct. This is based on the behavior of the -(y)Ip constituent compared to veAND-coordination and adverbial clauses. Adopting this analysis, I show that the -(y)Ip constituent may adjoin at different sites in the clausal spine: NegP, vP, and VP. Second, I show that traditional PRO- and pro-based analyses cannot account for the subject patterns in -(y)Ip constructions. Instead, I propose that subjects in -(y)Ip constructions are full DPs whose pronunciation is regulated by a mechanism that unifies Form Copy and Feature Sharing. Under this account, co-reference between the subject of the -(y)Ip constituent and the matrix subject is regulated under Form Copy, while the nominative Case assignment of the subjects is achieved under Feature Sharing via matrix T. Finally, I demonstrate the interplay between the height of the -(y)Ip constituent and the distribution of null and overt subjects. I argue that the -(y)Ip constituent can host an overt subject when it adjoins to NegP and vP. In the VP-adjoined position, it can only host a null subject identical to the matrix subject, which must be deleted under Form Copy.

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-(y)Ip constructions, Turkish, Feature Sharing, Form Copy, subject licensing

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/118400

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Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis