COURSE UNIT TITLE

: SYNTAX OF TURKISH

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
STD 5060 SYNTAX OF TURKISH ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ISMAIL SÖKMEN

Offered to

Turkish Language and Literature Teacher Education

Course Objective

The purpose of this course is to examine the syntax structure of Turkish and to teach students the linguistic theories necessary to analyze Turkish sentence structures.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   1. Understands the syntax rules of Turkish.
2   2. Be able to make linguistic analysis of Turkish sentence structures.
3   3. Evaluates the syntactic differences in Turkish and the effects of these differences on meaning.
4   4. Correctly defines sentence types and the functions of elements within a sentence.
5   5. Gain in-depth knowledge of element order and sentence construction in Turkish.
6   6. Be able to apply syntax theories and approaches in Turkish.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to Syntax and Basic Concepts
2 Sentence and its Elements: Definition and Structures
3 Sentence Types and Structures
4 Relationship between Predicate and Subject
5 Use of Objects and Indirect Objects
6 Adverbial Clause and Its Place in Syntax
7 Indicative and Indicative Objects
8 Rules of Series and Order in Sentences
9 Order of Elements and Their Meaningful Relationships
10 Stress and Priority: Effect on Syntax
11 Conjunctions and Conjunction Rules
12 Effect of Sentence Types on Syntax
13 Structural and Generative Approaches
14 Syntax Changes and Additive Structures
15 Non-sentence Structures and Meaning Relations
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Ergin, Muharrem. (1993). Türk Dilbilgisi. Bayrak Basım/Yayın.
Korkmaz, Zeynep. (2009). Türkiye Türkçesi Grameri (Sözdizimi). TDK Yayınları.
Demircan, Ömer. (2003). Türkçe'nin Yapısı 3: Cümle Bilgisi. Papatya Yayıncılık.
Johanson, Lars. (2000). Structural Factors in Turkic Language Contacts. RoutledgeCurzon.
Kornfilt, Jaklin. (1997). Turkish. Routledge.
Lewis, Geoffrey. (2000). Turkish Grammar. Oxford University Press.
Savaşır, Osman. (2001). Türkçe Cümle Yapısı. Papatya Yayıncılık.
Underhill, Robert. (1976). Turkish Grammar. MIT Press.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture, presentation, demonstration, discussion, question-answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTEG MIDTERM GRADE
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTEG * 0.30 +ASG* 0.10 + FCG* 0.60
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTEG * 0.30 + ASG * 0.10 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

i.sokmen@deu.edu.tr

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 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 15 15
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 50 50
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 172

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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