COURSE UNIT TITLE

: WORD STUDIES

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 5059 WORD STUDIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

General Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR FUNDA UZDU YILDIZ

Offered to

General Linguistics

Course Objective

The definitions of lexis, definitions in dictionary/vocabulary writing, definition types and understanding the lexical meaning relations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Getting information about the vocabulary types and formation/generation
2   Understanding the representation of meaning relations in lexis
3   Realise the semantic facts in lexis
4   Hold a semantic analysis through the lexis
5   Get information on the definition of lexis and dictionary writing

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 What is lexis, what are lexemes What is glossary Explanation of the concepts lexeme, lexis etc.
2 Lexeme types and generation/formation of the words. Different types of words in the language
3 Glossary and meaning. Sign, meaning and reference
4 Scope and comprehension: concepts in the word definition.
5 Words in the semantic base: connotation, denotation, metaphor, metonymy and synecdoche
6 Semantic analysis of the words seme, sememe
7 Seme and component analysis
8 Midterm
9 Definition and definition types. Prototype and stereotype. Different approaches to definition.
10 Synonymy, homonymy, homography, antonymie
11 Simili
12 Semantic aspects of Turkish
13 Synonymy and Turkish
14 Synonymy and Turkish

Recomended or Required Reading

ADALI, Oya (1979) Türkiye Türkçesinde Biçimbirimler, Ankara: TDK Yayınları.
AKSAN, Doğan (1998) Anlambilim Konuları ve Türk Anlambilimi, Ankara: Engin Yayınları
AKSAN, Doğan (1999) Türkçenin Gücü, 4. Baskı, Ankara: Bilgi yayınevi
AKSAN, Doğan (2000) Türkçenin Sözvarlığı, Ankara: Engin yayınları
AKSAN, Doğan (2002) Anadilimizin Söz Denizinde, Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi.
AKSAN, Doğan (2007) Her Yönüyle Dil Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim, Ankara: TDK Yayınları
GÜNAY, V. Doğan (2004) Dil ve Iletişim, Istanbul: Multilingual Yayınları
ADALI, Oya (1979) Türkiye Türkçesinde Biçimbirimler, Ankara: TDK Yayınları.
AKSAN, Doğan (1998) Anlambilim Konuları ve Türk Anlambilimi, Ankara: Engin Yayınları
AKSAN, Doğan (1999) Türkçenin Gücü, 4. Baskı, Ankara: Bilgi yayınevi
AKSAN, Doğan (2000) Türkçenin Sözvarlığı, Ankara: Engin yayınları
AKSAN, Doğan (2002) Anadilimizin Söz Denizinde, Ankara: Bilgi Yayınevi.
AKSAN, Doğan (2007) Her Yönüyle Dil Ana Çizgileriyle Dilbilim, Ankara: TDK Yayınları
GUIRAUD, Pierre (2001) Anlambilim, Istanbul: Multilingual Yayınları.
Günay, V.D. (2007), Sözcükbilime Giriş, Multilingual Yayınları: Istanbul.
HATIPOĞLU, Vecihi, Prof. Dr. (1981) Türkçenin Ekleri, Ankara: TDK Yayınları
HATIPOĞLU, Vecihi, Prof. Dr. (1982) Türkçenin Sözdizimi, 2. baskı, Ankara: AÜ DTCF
Basımevi.
KIRAN, Zeynel; KIRAN, Ayşe (2001) Dilbilime Giriş, Ankara: Seçkin Yayıncılık
TAMBA-MECZ, Irène (1998) Anlambilim, Çev. Necmettin Sevil, Istanbul: Iletişim
Yayınları, Cep Üniversitesi
VARDAR, Berke (2003) Dilbilimin Temel Kavram ve Ilkeleri, Istanbul: Multilingual
Yayınları

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation on the subject
2. Narration/debate by examples
3. Question & Answer

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 * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.30 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The evaluation will be held by the articles which are going to be prepared for midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. 80% attendance to the courses is compulsory.
2. Attendance to the midterm, assignments and final exams will be taken into consideration in evaluation.
3. Cheating and plagiarism attempts in midterm, assignments and final exams will be graded as "0" (zero)

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

fundauzdu@deu.edu.tr
funda.uzdu@gmail.com

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 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 2 25 50
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 218

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.155
LO.255
LO.355
LO.455
LO.555

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