BİR ÜSLUP BELİRLEYİCİSİ OLARAK YÜKLEM EKSİLTİLİ CÜMLELER
VERB ELLIPTICAL SENTENCES AS A DETERMINANT OF STYLE

Summary/Abstract: Deviations and preferences in the way a writer uses of language ultimately contribute to their style. They are part of the style of the text and appear in a certain degree of frequency. Thus, uncovering them is essential to understanding the text. Stylistics identifies and interprets that within the framework of several established methods. Common to all is that every element of the text -sound, word and sentence- constitute one such a stylistic determinant. One such an example are elliptic sentences. In this study, we’ve decided to look at how the Turkish writer Nazan Bekiroğlu uses elliptical sentences in her books, namely İsimle Ateş Arasında, Cam Irmağı Taş Gemi, Lâ: Sonsuzluk Hecesi, Nar Ağacı and Mücellâ. We examined how frequent they appear, what forms they take, and what functions they serve in her texts – accompanied by examples. What we’ve discovered is that in İsimle Ateş Arasında, Cam Irmağı Taş Gemi, and Lâ: Sonsuzluk Hecesi, she uses them as an alternative to standard Turkish sentence structure in order to cultivate her own literary style. On the contrary, she appears to avoid elipces all together in Nar Ağacı and Mücellâ.

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