COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF TURKISH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 6085 STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES OF TURKISH ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGE CAN ERDOĞAN

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

This course aims to provide a systematic and comprehensive description of structure of contemporary Standard Turkish.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   identify the complex syntactic structures of the Turkish Language
2   recognize the functions and the meanings of the complex syntactic structures such as nominalization, adjectival and adverbial clauses
3   identify the syntactic structures, meaning and functions of conditional sentences
4   develop an awareness of the meanings and functions of complex syntactic structures of Turkish
5   recognize the semantic and functional properties of complex syntactic constructions such as passivization, causativity, reflexivity and reciprocity
6   write a comprehensive analysis of the theoretical problems in Turkish grammar

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: General properties of Turkish
2 The structure of sentences: Simple and complex sentences. Constituents of a sentence: Subject and predicate Verbal sentences. Nominal sentences
3 Complex sentences: Subordination. Formal properties of subordinate clauses. Syntactic properties of subordinate clauses
4 oun Clauses. Nominalization markers. Syntactic functions of Noun Clause. Types of noun clauses. Factive nominals Active nominals
5 Adjectival Clauses. Modification. Morphological properties of adjectival clauses. Syntactic properties of adjectival clauses. Pragmatic functions of adjectival clauses
6 Adverbial Clauses. Gerunds. Finite adverbial clauses.
7 Nonfinite adverbial clauses: Structural characteristics Nonfinite adverbial clauses: Semantic classification
8 Midterm Presentations
9 Conditional clauses. The grammatical marking of conditional clauses
10 Coordination and Discourse connection
11 The effects of coordination and Discourse connection
12 Topic: Topic Position in Turkish. Focus: Focus position in Turkish
13 Word order The function of word order in Turkish
14 Observations on the problematic constructions of Turkish Grammar

Recomended or Required Reading

Göksel, A. (1988). Bracketing paradoxes in Turkish nominal compounds, in S. Koç (ed.) Studies on Turkish Linguistics, 287-298. Ankara: METU Press.
Lewis, G. L. (1967). Turkish Grammar, Second edition 2000. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Underhill, R. (1976), Turkish Grammar, Mass: The MIT Press.
Banguoğlu, T. (2007). Türkçenin grameri. Ankara: TDK.
Demircan, Ö. (1979). Türkiye Türkçesinde vurgulama ve odaklama. TDAY-Belleten, 157-163. Ankara: TDK Yayınları
Demircan, Ö. (1996). Türkçenin sesdizimi. Istanbul: Der Yayınevi.
Demircan, Ö. (2000a). Odak-bağımlı sözdizimi. Türk dili dergisi, Sayı: 78, 14-19. Ankara: TDK Yayınları.
Demircan, Ö. (2000b). Türkçede olağan-odak konumu. Türk dili dergisi, Sayı: 79, 12-14. Ankara: TDK Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1- Lecture
2. 2- Presentation
3. 3- Question and answer
4. 4- Discussion

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.40


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcomes 1,2,3,4,5,will be evaluated via via homework assignment/Project

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1- 80% class attendance is obligatory.
2. 2- Absence from classes will not be considered as an excuse for late submission of the homework assignments/projects.
3. 3- Cheating and plagiarism attempts in assignments and exams will be evaluated with a 0 (zero) grade.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 5 70
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing assignments 1 20 20
Preparing presentations 1 17 17
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6
LO.15
LO.24
LO.34
LO.45
LO.54
LO.64

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