Course Information

Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
Sonics of Turkish Language TDE671 3 + 0 3.0 7.5
Prerequisites None
Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Graduate
Course Type
Mode of delivery Oral Presentation
Course Coordinator Assoc. Prof. Dr. MEHMET HAZAR
Instructors MEHMET HAZAR
Assistants
Goals To teach the features of phonetics within the scope of Old Turkish, Karakhanid Turkish, Khwarezm Turkish, Chagatai Turkish, Kipchak Turkish and Old Anatolian Turkish periods of Turkish language.
Course Content 1. Knows the vowel changes in the historical course of the Turkish language. 2. Knows the consonant changes in the historical course of the Turkish language. 3. Knows the consonant harmony in the historical course of the Turkish language. 4. Knows the harmony of thickness and thinness in the historical course of the Turkish language. 5. Knows the harmony of flatness and roundness in the historical course of the Turkish language. 6. Knows the sound events such as the rise and fall of vowels in the historical course of the Turkish language. 7. Knows the phonetic phenomena such as consonance and assimilation in the historical course of the Turkish language.
Learning Outcomes - Evaluate the texts of Turkish Language and Literature from the beginning to the present in terms of literary and philological. Finds the opportunity to compare with western literature texts.
- By examining the Turkish language in terms of phonetics, morphology, syntax and semantics; Reaches the ability to use Turkish correctly, beautifully and clearly.
- Gains information about the prosody, rhyme and verse forms of Old Turkish Literature. Knows the periods of this literature, the poets and the works of these poets. He tries to read and understand the works in Arabic letters.
- Identify the main features of the periods in the history of New Turkish Literature, reveal the new forms and themes that played a role in the period, the new literary language and imagism, and the new author-text-reader relations; compares it with the old one and determines its effects on the future.
- Recognizes the classical and modern literary movements from the past to the present and evaluates the effects of these movements on the forms of expression.
- Develops the ability to perceive, criticize, think and reason about how to analyze a text.
- Gains knowledge and access to texts related to narrative genres in Turkish Folk Literature.
- Have the basic knowledge and skills of being able to do research and work at an academic level in the field of Turkish Language and Literature.
- Have the skills of creating, organizing, transmitting, storing, presenting and sharing information in the field of Turkish language and literature by using information and internet technologies.
- Knows the alphabets in which historical and contemporary Turkish dialects are written, can make linguistics and grammar studies by transferring the texts written in these alphabets to transcription and Turkey Turkish written language.
- Can use the knowledge and skills acquired in the field of Turkish language and literature in studies carried out jointly with other fields of social sciences.
- Gains the awareness of the necessity of lifelong learning.
Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Learning Methods
1. Week Vowel changes
2. Week Vowel changes
3. Week Consonant variations
4. Week Consonant variations
5. Week Thickness-thinness match
6. Week Flatness roundness match
7. Week Consonant harmony
8. Week Vocal consonant harmony
9. Week Midterm
10. Week Consonant affinities
11. Week Famous rises and falls
12. Week Consonant origin and fall
13. Week Interior velarization, posterior velarization
14. Week Rounding, flattening
Recommended Sources
Ergin, Muharrem, Türk Dil Bilgisi, Bayrak Yayınları, İstanbul 2000.
Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program Requirements Contribution Level DK1 DK2 DK3 DK4 DK5 DK6 DK7 DK8 DK9 DK10 DK11 DK12 Measurement Method
*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Course's Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
Method of assessment/evaluation Written exam Oral Exams Assignment/Project Laboratory work Presentation/Seminar
ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm 1 1 2 2
Final 1 3 3
Total Workload 5
ECTS Credit of the Course 7.5