COURSE UNIT TITLE

: TURKISH SYNTAX

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
DIL 3042 TURKISH SYNTAX COMPULSORY 2 1 0 6

Offered By

Linguistics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MURAT ÖZGEN

Offered to

Linguistics

Course Objective

This course aims at investigating the syntactic structure of Turkish from the perspective of contemporary syntactic theories and investigating word order, phrase structure, syntactic and grammatical categories and the elements of the sentence. Also studies on Turkish syntax and Turkish syntactic trees will be briefly overviewed.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   define the syntactic structure of Turkish
2   explain the structure of phrases in Turkish
3   explain the types and functions of sentences in Turkish
4   apply their knowledge about generative grammar theories on Turkish syntax
5   compare the syntactic structure of Turkish to other languages

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sentence Types: Simple and Complex Sentences
2 Sentence Types: Nominal and Verbal Sentence
3 Adjectivals
4 Adverbials
5 Postpositions
6 Pronouns in Turkish
7 Negativity in Turkish
8 MIDTERM EXAM
9 Tense/Aspect/Mood
10 Tense/Aspect/Mood
11 Word order In Turkish
12 Adjectival Clauses in Turkish
13 Adverbial Clauses in Turkish
14 Conditional Clauses in Turkish

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Göksel, A. and Kerslake, C. (2005). Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar. Oxon: Routledge.
2. Atabay, N; Özel, S.; Çam, A. (2003). Türkiye Türkçesinin Sözdizimi. Papatya Yay, Istanbul.
3. Hatipoğlu, V. (1972).Türkçenin Sözdizimi, TDK Yay., Ankara.
4. Karahan, L. (2004). Türkçede Sözdizimi. Akçağ Yay. Ankara.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1- Lecture
2- Presentation
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- Learning outcomes 1-5 will be evaluated via the questions asked in the mid-term and final exams.

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 18 18
Preparing assignments 5 8 40
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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