Spatial Frames of Reference and an Investigation of Their Representations in Turkish

This study was carried out to answer what kind of representations in Turkish could be obtained on spatial frames of reference. In the experiment which was conducted to determine spatial frames of reference used in Turkish, four different production tasks consisting of two object arrangements which i...

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Main Authors: Ata Atak, Gülsün Leyla Uzun
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Language:English
Published: Dilbilim Derneği (The Linguistics Association) 2019-06-01
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Online Access:http://dad.boun.edu.tr/download/article-file/728340
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description This study was carried out to answer what kind of representations in Turkish could be obtained on spatial frames of reference. In the experiment which was conducted to determine spatial frames of reference used in Turkish, four different production tasks consisting of two object arrangements which indicate localization were done by total 80 participants 40 of whom were female and 40 of whom were male. This study presents a discussion based on the data which were obtained from the production tasks by the participants. The first highlighted finding of this study is that intrinsic and relative frames of reference are used to convey the relation of localization between two objects in Turkish. On the other hand, the features of objects which are figure and ground affect directly the selection of spatial frames of reference in Turkish is the other finding of this study. So much so that frequency of their usage varies according to the features of objects which are figure and ground and their arrangements. It was determined that gender was not variable in the selection of spatial frames of reference within the scope of research questions of this study. Besides that, there was not a significant difference in terms of relative frame of reference usage between the participants from social science and physical science, tendency of intrinsic frame of reference usage was higher in the participants from physical science.
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spelling doaj-art-74befccd190148cb9b89bf8f52694e342025-08-20T02:43:04ZengDilbilim Derneği (The Linguistics Association)Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi1300-85522587-09392019-06-0130169101https://doi.org/10.18492/dad.510165Spatial Frames of Reference and an Investigation of Their Representations in TurkishAta Atak0Gülsün Leyla Uzun1Dokuz Eylül UniversityAnkara UniversityThis study was carried out to answer what kind of representations in Turkish could be obtained on spatial frames of reference. In the experiment which was conducted to determine spatial frames of reference used in Turkish, four different production tasks consisting of two object arrangements which indicate localization were done by total 80 participants 40 of whom were female and 40 of whom were male. This study presents a discussion based on the data which were obtained from the production tasks by the participants. The first highlighted finding of this study is that intrinsic and relative frames of reference are used to convey the relation of localization between two objects in Turkish. On the other hand, the features of objects which are figure and ground affect directly the selection of spatial frames of reference in Turkish is the other finding of this study. So much so that frequency of their usage varies according to the features of objects which are figure and ground and their arrangements. It was determined that gender was not variable in the selection of spatial frames of reference within the scope of research questions of this study. Besides that, there was not a significant difference in terms of relative frame of reference usage between the participants from social science and physical science, tendency of intrinsic frame of reference usage was higher in the participants from physical science.http://dad.boun.edu.tr/download/article-file/728340spacespatial languagespatial frames of reference
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title Spatial Frames of Reference and an Investigation of Their Representations in Turkish
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title_full_unstemmed Spatial Frames of Reference and an Investigation of Their Representations in Turkish
title_short Spatial Frames of Reference and an Investigation of Their Representations in Turkish
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url http://dad.boun.edu.tr/download/article-file/728340
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