Representations of Plurilingual Usages of Kurdish Speakers and Their Approaches Regarding Plurilingualism

Yusuf Mertcan Altınsoy

Makale detayları

Representations of Plurilingual Usages of Kurdish Speakers and Their Approaches Regarding Plurilingualism

Yazarlar:

Yusuf Mertcan Altınsoy

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Dilbilim Issue 44, pp.14-27

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001349059

pISSN:

0255-674X

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 From Central Asia to Anatolia, contact between the Iranian and Turkic languages covers a large geographical area; contact between the Kurdish and Turkish languages is at the western end of this continuum. Istanbul constitutes a special context where Kurdish speakers language practices and language mixtures are becoming increasingly complex. With several million speakers, this group stands out as an important element in the citys multilingualism. The paper demonstrated some new perspectives for understanding the communication among biplurilingual Kurdish speakers in Istanbul. In this study, a two-pronged approach is adopted to establish the analysis of the discourses on multilingualism and heterogeneous language usages. Field research was conducted over a period of more than a year to collect the data presented in this study. The data are based on face-to-face interviews, some realized with a single person and others in groups. Through the use of open-ended questions, the interviews often took the form of casual conversation, allowing for more in-depth discourse and usage patterns to be collected. Depending on the nature and the content of the interviews, an ethnographic approach was adopted to interpret and analyze the discourses developed about multilingualism and multilingual usages, and the goal was to make the data speak for itself, in the light of the sociolinguistic concepts adopted. Thus, the analysis considers the interaction between language ideologies and the evaluation of plurilingual usages epilinguistic discourse. In the concluding section, the perceptions of language mixtures especially as realized in verbs, the diversity of different approaches reflected in different languages, and how the plurilingual Kurdish-speakers have developed various discourses about their plurilingualism, considering the sociopolitical and historical context, will be discussed.

 From Central Asia to Anatolia, contact between the Iranian and Turkic languages covers a large geographical area; contact between the Kurdish and Turkish languages is at the western end of this continuum. Istanbul constitutes a special context where Kurdish speakers language practices and language mixtures are becoming increasingly complex. With several million speakers, this group stands out as an important element in the citys multilingualism. The paper demonstrated some new perspectives for understanding the communication among biplurilingual Kurdish speakers in Istanbul. In this study, a two-pronged approach is adopted to establish the analysis of the discourses on multilingualism and heterogeneous language usages. Field research was conducted over a period of more than a year to collect the data presented in this study. The data are based on face-to-face interviews, some realized with a single person and others in groups. Through the use of open-ended questions, the interviews often took the form of casual conversation, allowing for more in-depth discourse and usage patterns to be collected. Depending on the nature and the content of the interviews, an ethnographic approach was adopted to interpret and analyze the discourses developed about multilingualism and multilingual usages, and the goal was to make the data speak for itself, in the light of the sociolinguistic concepts adopted. Thus, the analysis considers the interaction between language ideologies and the evaluation of plurilingual usages epilinguistic discourse. In the concluding section, the perceptions of language mixtures especially as realized in verbs, the diversity of different approaches reflected in different languages, and how the plurilingual Kurdish-speakers have developed various discourses about their plurilingualism, considering the sociopolitical and historical context, will be discussed.

 From Central Asia to Anatolia, contact between the Iranian and Turkic languages covers a large geographical area; contact between the Kurdish and Turkish languages is at the western end of this continuum. Istanbul constitutes a special context where Kurdish speakers language practices and language mixtures are becoming increasingly complex. With several million speakers, this group stands out as an important element in the citys multilingualism. The paper demonstrated some new perspectives for understanding the communication among biplurilingual Kurdish speakers in Istanbul. In this study, a two-pronged approach is adopted to establish the analysis of the discourses on multilingualism and heterogeneous language usages. Field research was conducted over a period of more than a year to collect the data presented in this study. The data are based on face-to-face interviews, some realized with a single person and others in groups. Through the use of open-ended questions, the interviews often took the form of casual conversation, allowing for more in-depth discourse and usage patterns to be collected. Depending on the nature and the content of the interviews, an ethnographic approach was adopted to interpret and analyze the discourses developed about multilingualism and multilingual usages, and the goal was to make the data speak for itself, in the light of the sociolinguistic concepts adopted. Thus, the analysis considers the interaction between language ideologies and the evaluation of plurilingual usages epilinguistic discourse. In the concluding section, the perceptions of language mixtures especially as realized in verbs, the diversity of different approaches reflected in different languages, and how the plurilingual Kurdish-speakers have developed various discourses about their plurilingualism, considering the sociopolitical and historical context, will be discussed.

 De lAsie centrale jusquà lAnatolie, le contact des langues iraniennes et turciques couvre une zone géographique assez large ; le contact entre le kurde et le turc se situe à lextrême ouest de ce continuum. Istanbul constitue un contexte spécifique pour les kurdophones où les pratiques langagières et les usages mixtes se complexifient. Avec plusieurs millions de locuteurs, ce groupe contribue au paysage plurilingue de la ville. Lobjectif de cet article est douvrir des perspectives sur lappréhension du contact chez les kurdophones biplurilingues à Istanbul. Pour ce faire, une double approche est retenue dans les analyses portées sur les discours concernant la conception du plurilinguisme et lhétérogénéité linguistique. Afin de récolter ces données, une enquête de recherche sur terrain a été menée pendant plus dun an. Les données sont constituées à partir des entretiens faits face à face, parfois avec une seule personne, parfois en groupe. Il sagit des entretiens qui ont souvent pris une forme de discussion grâce aux questions ouvertes. Suivant la nature et le contenu des données récoltées, une démarche ethnographique a été tenue dans les interprétations et les analyses des discours sur le plurilinguisme et les usages plurilingues ; lobjectif était donc de faire parler les données selon différents concepts théoriques du domaine de la sociolinguistique. Ainsi, les analyses tiennent compte de linteraction entre les idéologies linguistiques et lévaluation les discours épilinguistiques des usages issus de ressources plurilingues. Dans la conclusion, nous examinerons les perceptions des mélanges codiques particulièrement dans le domaine verbal, la diversité des approches reflétées dans les différentes langues et la manière dont les locuteurs plurilingues kurdophones ont développé divers discours sur leur plurilinguisme, en tenant compte du contexte sociopolitique et historique.

Makale detayları

Representations of Plurilingual Usages of Kurdish Speakers and Their Approaches Regarding Plurilingualism

Yazarlar:

Yusuf Mertcan Altınsoy

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Dilbilim Issue 44, pp.14-27

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001349059

pISSN:

0255-674X

Sociolinguistic representations

Plurilingualism

Plurilingual usages

Linguistic ideologies

Epilinguistic discourse

Kurdish speakersReprésentations sociolinguistiques

Plurilinguisme

Usages plurilingues

Idéologies linguistiques

Discours épilinguistique

Kurdophone

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Makale detayları

Yazarlar: Yusuf Mertcan Altınsoy

Yayıncı: Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar: Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi: Dilbilim Issue 44, pp.14-27

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 5/2025

Belge Dili: Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.): 2001349059

pISSN: 0255-674X

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Yusuf Mertcan Altınsoy

Yayıncı:

Istanbul University

Ana Başlıklar:

Dilbilim (Diğer)

Dergi:

Dilbilim Issue 44, pp.14-27

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

5/2025

Belge Dili:

Türkçe

Document ID (Org No.):

2001349059

pISSN:

0255-674X