Acquisition of English reflexives by Turkish L2 learners of English

Download

index.pdf

Date

2010

Author

Köylü, Yılmaz

Metadata

Show full item record

Item Usage Stats

277
views

88
downloads

This M.A. thesis investigates the L2 acquisition of binding properties of English reflexives by Turkish L2 learners to address the issue of UG availability in L2 grammar. 140 Turkish L2 learners of English (67 elementary, 73 upper) participated in this study. They were all students at the Department of Basic English, Middle East Technical University. In addition, in the control group, there were 8 native speakers of English. A grammaticality judgment task and a story-based truth-value judgment task were used to examine whether the L2 grammars of the Turkish learners of English are governed by the principles and parameters of UG in the context of reflexive binding. According to the Full Transfer Full Access Model (FTFA), L2 learners have direct access to innate principles and parameters of Universal Grammar (UG) from the initial state to the end-state in the process of L2 acquisition. In line with FTFA, the results of the two tests suggest that the L2 learners’ grammar is UG-constrained even though they do not fully converge on native English norms with respect to reflexive binding.

Subject Keywords

General social sciences.

URI

http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12611909/index.pdf
https://hdl.handle.net/11511/19606

Collections

Graduate School of Social Sciences, Thesis

Suggestions

OpenMETU
Core

The theme of alienation in Turkish novels : the decade of the 1970s Büker, Zeynep; Nalbantoğlu, H. Ünal; Department of Sociology (2005) This thesis aims at explaining the forms and styles in which the phenomenon of alienation found expression in Turkish novels, particularly in the 1970s. For this purpose, three novels of the decade are chosen for in-depth analysis since they are considered to be most representative examples. It was important to question how these three novels have ascribed significance to the existing conditions of alienation. Therefore, the specific discussion of this thesis dwells on whether these novels offer any alterna...
Relationship between values and culture Dirilen, Özlem; Sümer, Nebi; Department of European Studies (2006) The objectives of the present study were (1) to examine the relationship between culture and value concepts, (2) to compare Post-communist Turkic students studying in Turkish universities and Turkish university students based on their value structures, and (3) to attempt to integrate Triandis’ and Schwartz’s conceptualizations of culture. The sample of this study consisted of Turkish university students (N=292) and Post-communist Turkic students studying in Turkish universities (N=299). Individualism-Collec...
Determinants of technology transfer in developing economies : the case of Turkish manufacturing industries Çetin, Can; Pamukcu, Mehmet Teoman; Department of Science and Technology Policy Studies (2009) Approaches on transfer of technology to developing countries within the development discourse are discussed in historical perspective and determinants of disembodied technology transfer of Turkish manufacturing industries are analyzed via enterprise-level data and microeconometric methods. While firm size, general skill level, export behaviour, capital intensity have significant effect of technology transfer decision of the firm, foreign ownership does not. Sectoral characteristics’ effects are also statist...
Book publishing in Turkey : problems and prospects in the context of industrialization Boyraz, Cemil; Erdoğan, Necmi; Department of Media and Cultural Studies (2006) This thesis explores the Turkish book publishing industry within the framework of historical development of book publishing since Ottoman practice onwards and current structure of the Turkish book market. The aim of the thesis is to understand recent trends, developments, and problems in the Turkish book market, within its specific historical conditions and in a comparative method to the current structure of book publishing industry in developed countries where book publishing is a global business and highl...
How does the state promote informal employment? : the case of A Kilim workshop Yılmaz, Emek; Erdemir, Aykan; Department of Middle East Studies (2006) This thesis argues the interaction between the Turkish state and informal employment. Literature review on informal sector, flexibilization of the labor market and feminist approach are the bases of this argument. On the other hand, the role of the state in economy is discussed in relation to Bretton Woods Institutions. Taking into consideration the state and informal employment arguments, this study illustrates with a study of a Kilim Weaving Workshop in a town of Ankara how informal work is connected with...

Citation Formats

Y. Köylü, “Acquisition of English reflexives by Turkish L2 learners of English,” M.A. - Master of Arts, Middle East Technical University, 2010.