Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Turkish Language and Literature · Undergraduate
ECTS: 4 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Merve ERGÜT
Instructors: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Merve ERGÜT
Course Objective
Teaching the topics of word sources, word formation and meaning in words in Turkish; defining nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions, exclamations, verbs and their features; understanding their functions; having students practice on examples by making classifications; enabling students to recognize verbals, verb voice, verb conjugation, suffix-verb, compound modal verbs, compound verbs and auxiliary verbs.
Course Content
Studies on words and vocabulary; nouns: noun, adjective, pronoun, adverb and their related applications, verbs and their related applications; prepositions, conjunctions, exclamation.
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 how to call new concepts (in terms of word formation) inTurkish
- Students have information about word sources in Turkish.
- Students have information about the formation of words.
- Students have information about word types.
- Students have information about meaning in the word.
Core Area Distribution
(22) Humanities%100
Teaching Methods
ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticePresentationGuided PracticeGroup StudyCase StudySelf study
Assessment & Evaluation
HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)
ECTS / Workload
| Activity | Quantity | Duration (h) | Total Workload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (Including Exam Week) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| 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 | According to their origin (native words, foreign words); According to their structure (simple words, derived words, compound words); According to whether they can be inflected or not; According to whether they are suitable for derivation or not (open-closed type); According to their type [nouns, numbers, adjectives, adverbs, pronouns, verbs, conjunctions, prepositions, interjections]; Type change. | 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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