THE SCOPE OF FACTIVITY IN TURKISH NON-FINITE COMPLEMENT CLAUSES

Abstract

<p class="ql-align-justify">The present study deals with the pressupositional value of Turkish complement clauses, specifically those which are determinative on a factivity-based selection of non-finite complementation. The term complementation here refers to the grammatical state in which a proposition functions as an argument of a matrix predicate. Concerning factivity, I am in accordance with Erguvanlı-Taylan, who adopted the lexical semantic interpretation of Kiparsky &amp; Kiparsky. Accordingly, a predicate is factive if it presupposes the truth of the proposition expressed in its complement clause. The majority of previous studies generally focused on -DIG, -(y)AcAG and -mAk/-mA complement clauses, and these gave little attention to -(y)Iş complement clauses outside of a few studies. Concerning the factive semantic of-(y)Iş complement clauses, I follow Erdal, who pointed out to the factive semantic of -(y)Iş complement clauses first with their textual task as topic. This paper deals furthermore with factive predicates which embed -(y)Iş complement clauses.&nbsp;The manner of an action is a further specific semantic of -(y)Iş, which is dealt with here as a trigger of the presuppositional value. The present study shows that the scope of the factivity includes all non-finite complement clauses, which presuppose the truth of their propositions.