TDE503

School of Humanities \ Turkish Language and Literature

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Elective

Turkish

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Turkish Language and Literature Postgraduate Program

The basic problems of today's Turkish language, such as the current problems of Turkish grammar and dictionary writing, the adequacy of the alphabet, discussions on the derivation of new words and terms, the existence of words of foreign origin, the impact of the internet and technological developments on the Turkish language, will be emphasized and discussions and studies on the subject will be discussed.

1. Sema Arslan Demir, Türkçede İsteme Kipliği, Grafiker Yayınları, Ankara 2008.
2. Faruk Gökçe, Gramerleşme Teorisi, Türk Kültürünü Araştırma Enstitüsü Yayınları, Ankara 2013.
3. Selcen Koca, “Klitik Kavrarmı ve Türkçede Klitikler”, Dil Araştırmaları Dergisi, Ankara 2020.
4. Leyla Karahan, “Tarihî ve Çağdaş Lehçelerde Bir İşaretleyicisinin Söz Dizimindeki Yeri Üzerine”, Kesit Yayınları, İstanbul 2018.
5. Gürer Gülsevin, Eski Türkiye Türkçesinde “İstek Kipi” Üzerine

To introduce the characteristics of current academic studies on Turkish in Türkiye

1. Thinks about the current problems of the Turkish language.
2. Examines the solution suggestions for these problems (problems in teaching grammar, etc.).

Week 1: Introduction to the Course
Week 2: The Claim Mood
Week 3: Voice in Turkish
Week 4: Causative Structures in Turkish
Week 5: Grammaticalization Theory
Week 6: The Concept of Valence
Week 7: Collocation Week 8: The Concept of Clitics
Week 9: The Marker Bir, The Concept of Falan
Week 10: Language Units with an Emphasizing Function, -DAn Biri Structures
Week 11: The Standing of the Words “After-Before” in the Preposition Category, Overcorrection
Week 12: Final Exam (Homework)

• Homework/Quiz 25 %
• Final 65 %
• Participation 10 %