| TYPE OF COURSE UNIT | Elective Course |
| LEVEL OF COURSE UNIT | Bachelor's Degree |
| YEAR OF STUDY | - |
| SEMESTER | - |
| NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED | 4 |
| NAME OF LECTURER(S) | Professor Süer Eker
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| LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT |
At the end of this course, the students;
1) Define the concept of language contacts.
2) Compare different methods in language contacts and their results.
3) Interpret the changes caused by language contacts in Turkish.
4) Explain the language contact situations considering Turkish.
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| MODE OF DELIVERY | Face to face |
| PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE | No |
| RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT | None |
| COURSE DEFINITION | In this course, general information on the language contact studies, which is a new and productive part of the linguistics. The main issues and current subjects of the language contacts; under which conditions/what/why/how change during the language contacts, Turkish language contacts situations and contact processes, analyses of the examples of the Turkic language contact phenomena. |
| COURSE CONTENTS | | WEEK | TOPICS |
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| 1st Week | Topics of language contacts; internal and contact-induced change | | 2nd Week | Language maintenance | | 3rd Week | Code-switching | | 4th Week | Borrowing, substratum influence, transfer, copying model | | 5th Week | Different copies | | 6th Week | Pidgin and creol languages | | 7th Week | Language shift | | 8th Week | Midterm | | 9th Week | Turkish-Chinese contact | | 10th Week | Turkish-Arabic contact | | 11th Week | Turkish-Persian contact | | 12th Week | Turkish-Russain and Turkish-Greek contact | | 13th Week | Turkish-France contact | | 14th Week | Turkish-English contact |
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| RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING | Johanson, Lars. Türkçe Dil İlişkilerinde Yapısal Etkenler. Ankara: TDK. 2007.
Thomason, Sarah. Language Contact: An Introduction. England: Edinburgh University Press, 2000.
Winford, Donald. An Introduction to Contact Linguistics, Oxford: Blackwell. 2003. |
| PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS | Lecture,Discussion,Project,Other |
| ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA | | | Quantity | Percentage(%) |
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| Mid-term | 1 | 35 | | Assignment | 1 | 15 | | Total(%) | | 50 | | Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | | Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) | | 50 | | Total(%) | | 100 |
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| ECTS WORKLOAD |
| Activities |
Number |
Hours |
Workload |
| Midterm exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Preparation for Quiz | | | | | Individual or group work | 14 | 2 | 28 | | Preparation for Final exam | 1 | 20 | 20 | | Course hours | 14 | 3 | 42 | | Preparation for Midterm exam | 1 | 20 | 20 | | Laboratory (including preparation) | | | | | Final exam | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Homework | 1 | 10 | 10 | | Total Workload | | | 122 |
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| Total Workload / 30 | | | 4,06 |
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| ECTS Credits of the Course | | | 4 |
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| LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION | Turkish |
| WORK PLACEMENT(S) | No |
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