COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH PHONOLOGY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 1018 TURKISH PHONOLOGY COMPULSORY 2 1 0 5

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

INSTRUCTOR AYŞEGÜL ÖZCAN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

This course aims at providing the students with information about the sounds of Turkish, their classification with reference to distinctive features, the suprasegmental phonemes in Turkish such as stress, tone, intonation, and the phonological processes such as elision, assimilation and harmony.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   produce the phonetic symbols pertaining to the sounds of Turkish
2   classify the sounds of Turkish
3   explain how the sounds of Turkish are produced
4   explain, with examples, the relations between sounds and the processes that influence these sounds
5   explain the phonological processes in Turkish

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Basic concepts in Phonetics and Phonology Review of the 1st semester Phonology course
2 Sounds of Turkish Consonants and their classification Place of articulation Manner of Articulation Voicing Position of the soft palate
3 Phonological processes influencing Turkish consonants Aspiration Bilabialisation Palatalisation Nasality Devoicing
4 Allophones of Turkish Consonants
5 Sounds of Turkish Vowels and their classification Height Backness Roundedness
6 Allophones of Turkish Vowels
7 Sound System of Turkish Syllable Structure Clusters Clusters in borrowings
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Vowel Harmony in Turkish
10 Consonant Distribution in Turkish Consonant Clusters Consonant Elision
11 Suprasegmental Phonemes in Turkish stress juncture pause
12 Word Stress Roots Derived Words Compounds
13 Phrase and Sentence Stress topic focus
14 Phonological Processes Vowel Elision Voicing Devoicing Aspiration Degemination Epenthesis Fusion Metathesis Gemination

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Demircan, Ö. (1996) Türkçenin Sesdizimi. Istanbul: Der Yayınları.
2. Ergenç, I. (2002) Konuşma Dili ve Türkçenin Söyleyiş Sözlüğü. Istanbul: Multilingual
3. Özsoy, S. (2004) Türkçenin Yapısı I: Sesbilim. Istanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. 1- Lecture
2. 2- Presentation
3. 3- Exercises on linguistic data

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

The students will also be assessed with regard to participation and overall attitude during lectures. The assesment will be graded via Lecture Activity Assesment sections in the VISA and FINAL exams.

Assessment Criteria

1. 1- Learning outcomes 3 - 6 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.
2. 2- Learning outcomes 1 - 2 will be evaluated via the assignments.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Özgün KOŞANER
Faculty of Letters Department of Linguistics
Room No: B 461/1

Office Hours

Monday 13:15 - 15:00
Wednesday 13:15 - 15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 16 16
Preparing assignments 2 8 16
Preparing assignments 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 123

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.4555
LO.5555

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