A Usage-based investigation of converbial constructions in heritage speakers’ Turkish living in the Netherlands ; Türkçe miras dil konuşurlarında kullanım tabanlı dilbilim kuramı bağlamında ulaç yapılarının kullanımı

This study presents an analysis of contact-induced language change process concerning clausal subordination in the Turkish variety spoken in the Netherlands (henceforth, Dutch Turkish). This study also aims at investigating whether the converbial constructions are prone to language change in the speech perception and production of the first and second generations of Dutch-Turkish speakers within the framework of usage-based linguistics (Barlow & Kemmer, 2000). According to usage-based linguistics, there is an “intimate relation between linguistic structures and instances of use of language... Mehr ...