Faculty of Education · Turkish Language Teaching · Undergraduate
Course Objective
To be able to teach the sources of words in Turkish, the formation of words and meaning in words; being able to define nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, exclamation points, verbs and their properties; to be able to comprehend their functions; making applications on examples by making classifications; to enable students to recognize gerunds, verb frame, verb conjugation, suffix-verb, compound verbs, compound verbs, auxiliary verbs.
Course Content
What is a word, words in terms of meaning and function, the use of words (original, satellite, both original and satellite), lexical words, grammatical meaningful words
Ways of deriving words in Turkish
Nouns (According to their structure, according to the way they are named for the concepts, according to the way they are given, according to their quantity and quality, according to their inflection, according to their origin, meaning change in nouns, other words used as nouns, reduction in nouns)
Pronouns and their properties, classification of pronouns, pronouns in terms of their functions (person, denotation, question, ambiguity, reflexivity, context)
Adjectives and their properties, classification of adjectives [according to their origin, structure (simple, derived, compound, reinforcement, word group)], adjectives according to their functions [qualifying adjectives, denoting adjectives (denoting, question, indefinite, number)], comparison and comparison in adjectives. grading, downsizing, reinforcing
Adverbs and their features, classification of adverbs (in terms of their origins and structures), adverbs in terms of their functions [time, place-direction, style (declaration of quality, status), scarcity-many, question, size/amount]
Preposition, conjunction, exclamation
Verbs / inflected verbs (infinitive, participle, gerund)
Verbs /inflected verbs and their properties, classification [in terms of their structure (simple, derivative, compound), in terms of content (formation, appearance, situation), in terms of meaning (main verb, auxiliary verb)] Conjugation, tense, person, negation, question
Modes of declaring, modes of designing
Compound modal verbs, rendering in principal verb (beginning, continuity, ending), appearance, enactment, becoming
Vertex of action [in terms of subject - predicate relationship (active, passive, obscure frame, reflexive, collaborative, sanctioned), in terms of object - predicate relationship (transitive and intransitive)], the state of overlapping in the suffixes
Additional-action, combined actions, auxiliary actions
Required Resources
Korkmaz, Z. (2009). Türkiye Türkçesi grameri:(Şekil bilgisi)(3. Baskı). Ankara: Türk Dil Kurumu Yayınları.
Ergin, M. (1998). Üniversiteler için Türk dili. İstanbul: Bayrak Basımevi.
Recommended Resources
Bilgin, M. (2000). Anlamdan anlatıma anadilimiz Türkçe. Ercan Kitabevi.
Course Learning Outcomes
- Students have information about the formation of words.
- Students have information about word types.
- Students have information about meaning in the word.
- Students have information about how to call new concepts (in terms of word formation) inTurkish
- Students have information about word sources in Turkish.
Core Area Distribution
Teaching Methods
Assessment & Evaluation
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Out of Class Study Period | 15 | 2 | 30 |
| Midterm | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Quiz | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Assignment | 15 | 1 | 15 |
| Practice | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Final | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Course Schedule
| Week | Subject | Preparation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | What is a word, words with meanings, words with functions; meaningful words, function words; original, satellite, both original and satellite words; syntactically words, usage words; lexical-meaningful words (independent lexical-meaningful words, dependent lexical-meaningful words), grammatical-duty-meaningful words (independent grammatical-meaningful words, dependent grammatical-meaningful words); basic words, satellite words, word messengers; autonomous words, added words (lexeme); open-type, closed-type words; words in terms of inflectional and non-inflectional properties | Sözcük Türleri (pp. 1-7) Türk Dil Bilgisi (pp. 95-97; 216-218) Sözcük Türü Görev Adı Ayrımı Sözlüksel-Görevsel Dil Birimlerinin Sistemde Varlık Buluşu Üzerine |
| 2 | Functional role change in word types in Turkish, criteria for classifying words, ways of word derivation | Lecture Notes |
| 3 | Nouns (According to their structure, according to the formation of nouns for the concepts, according to the way they are given, according to their quantity and quality, according to their inflection, according to their origin, changes in meaning in nouns, other words used as nouns, reductions in nouns) | Sözcük Türleri (pp. 9-30) Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 195-256) |
| 4 | Pronouns and their properties, classification of pronouns, pronouns in terms of their functions (person, denotation, question, ambiguity, reflexivity, context) | Sözcük Türleri (pp. 31-40) Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 399-450) Türk Dil Bilgisi (pp. 262-280) |
| 5 | Adjectives and their properties, classification of adjectives [according to their origin, structure (simple, derived, compound, reinforcement, word group)], adjectives according to their functions [qualifying adjectives, denoting adjectives (denoting, question, indefinite, number)], comparison and comparison in adjectives. grading, downsizing, reinforcing | Sözcük Türleri (pp. 41-49) Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 333-398) Türk Dil Bilgisi (pp. 244-257) |
| 6 | Adverbs and their features, classification of adverbs (in terms of their origins and structures), adverbs in terms of their functions [time, place-direction, style (declaration of quality, status), scarcity-many, question, size/amount] | Sözcük Türleri (pp. 51-57) Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 451-523) Türk Dil Bilgisi (pp. 258-262) |
| 7 | Uniflected verbs (infinitive, participle, gerund) | Eylem İşletimi (pp.165-195) Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 863-1049) |
| 8 | Mid-term exam | Mid-term exam |
| 9 | Prepositions, conjunctions, exclamations | Sözcük Türleri (pp. 113-195) Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp.1049-1193) Türk Dil Bilgisi (pp. 348-373) |
| 10 | Verbs and their features, classification [in terms of their structure (simple, derived, compound), content (formation, occurrence, situation), in terms of meanings (main verb, auxiliary verb)] Verb conjugation, time, person, negation, question | Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 527-538) Eylem İşletimi (pp. 1-17; 121-126) Sözcük Türleri (pp. 59-61) Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 567-583) Eylem İşletimi (pp. 99-113; 153-161; 161-165) Sözcük Türleri (pp. 61-64) |
| 11 | News modals, subjunctives | Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 583-646; 647-702) Sözcük Türleri (pp. 64-69) |
| 12 | Compound verbs, Being performed in the main verb (beginning, continuity, ending), aspect, case, formation | Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 730-791) Eylem İşletimi (pp. 113-153) Sözcük Türleri (pp. 60-61; 69-74; 75-76; 80-81) |
| 13 | Verb frame [in terms of subject - predicate relationship (active, passive, obscure voice, reflexive, collaborative, sanctioned), in terms of object - predicate relationship (transitive intransitive)], the case of overlapping in the suffixes | Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 538-566) Eylem İşletimi (pp. 19-99) Sözcük Türleri (pp.76-80) |
| 14 | Suffix-verb, compound verbs, auxiliary verbs | Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (pp. 702-730; 791-863) Sözcük Türkleri (pp.105-108) |
| 15 | Final Exam | |
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