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TDE 218 - Syntax of Turkish Turkish

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences · Turkish Language and Literature · Undergraduate

ECTS: 5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Compulsory
Coordinator: Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Merve ERGÜT

Course Objective

To gain detailed knowledge about Turkish syntax; to become aware of word groups and their structure; and to practice sentence elements and sentence types.

Course Content

Sentence structure, syntax, general characteristics and principles of Turkish syntax; word groups; sentences, sentence elements, types, sentence analysis.

Required Resources

Akbayır, S.(2010). Cümle ve Metin Bilgisi, 6. Baskı, Ankara: Pegem Yay.,

Karahan, L.(2007). Türkçede Söz Dizimi, Ankara: Akçağ Yay.

Recommended Resources

Bilgin, M.(2002). Anlamdan Anlatıma Türkçemiz, Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı Yay.,

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. Distinguish the sentences according to their meaning.
  2. Knows and uses the word groups used in Turkish with their characteristics and structure.
  3. Turkish sentence structure, knows, uses and uses.
  4. Makes sentence analysis with all the details.
  5. Knows all the elements of the sentence.
  6. Divides the sentence into all its elements.

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionExercise and PracticePresentationGuided PracticeGroup StudySelf study

Assessment & Evaluation

Testing (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period16232
Midterm111
Quiz000
Assignment000
Practice16232
Final111

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1Sentence, syntax, general features and principles of Turkey Turkish syntax; The structure and usage of Turkish word groupshttp://www.acarindex.com/dosyalar/makale/acarindex-1423934382.pdf
2Noun phareses, functions of noun pharesesLecture notes
3Adjective clause, structure of adjective clause, functions of adjective clause; Repeat group, structure and function of repeat groupLecture notes
4Abbreviation group (attribution, attribution, orientation-approach, presence, separation-away, means, equality, interest); belonging group; possessive group; group of numbers and their structure and functionsLecture notes
5Preposition group, conjunction group, exclamation group, title group their structure, functionsLecture notes
6Noun-verb, adjective-verb, adverb-verb group Compound verb; compound noun groups their structure, functionsLecture notes
7Applications related to phrasesLecture notes
8Mid-term Exam
9Sentence elements: predicate, subject, objectLecture notes
10Elements of a sentence: locative complement, adverbial complement, extra-sentence element.Lecture notes
11Sentences according to their predicate: noun sentences, verb sentencesLecture notes
12Sentences according to their meaning and the position of the predicate: (Positive, negative, positive question, negative question) (Regular sentences, inverted sentences)Lecture notes
13Sentences according to their predicate, meaning and place of the predicate (Noun phrases, verb phrases) (Positive, negative, positive question, negative question, exclamation sentences) (Regular sentences, inverted sentences)Lecture notes
14Sentences according to their structure: Opinions and classifications about simple and compound sentences (conditional compound sentence, nested compound sentence, compound sentence with ki), current views on the subject, sentence with a single predicate, sentence with verb form.Lecture notes
15Public Holiday
16Final exam.