At the end of this course, the students; 1) Define terms and concepts related to dialectology. 2) Explain the problems encountered in dialect studies. 3) Compare the dialect classifications of Turkish. 4) Apply methods and techniques of field work. 5) Analyze the morphological features of the words in the dialect texts.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
No
COURSE DEFINITION
This course deals with the general problems of the Turkish dialectology, such as dialects, standard language, social variants and differences between them, speaker of dialect, problems of collecting dialect materials, transcribing collected materials and linguistic analysis of the dialect text.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Variation in natural languages
2nd Week
Dialect and related terms
3rd Week
Dialect usage
4th Week
Who speaks dialects, informant
5th Week
Techniques and problem of linguistic recording
6th Week
Transcription
7th Week
Practice
8th Week
Midterm
9th Week
Criteria by the classification of Turkish dialect
10th Week
Classification of Turkish dialects
11th Week
Linguistics analysis of the dialect example
12th Week
Linguistics analysis of the dialect example
13th Week
Linguistics analysis of the dialect example
14th Week
General review
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
Boeschoten, Hendrik ve Ludo Verhoeven. Turkish Linguistics Today. Leiden: Brill, 1991. Demir, Nurettin."Ağız Araştırmalarında Derleme Teknikleri". Ağız Araştırmaları Bilgi Şöleni. Ankara: TDK, 1997. Demir, Nurettin. "Ağız Araştırmalarında Kaynak Kişi Meselesi". Dursun Yıldırım Armağanı. Ankara: Türkiye Diyanet Vakfı Basımevi: 1998. 171-180. Gülensoy, Tuncer ve Ercan Alkaya. Anadolu ve Rumeli Ağızları Bibliyografyası. Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları, 2003. Karahan, Leyla. Anadolu Ağızlarının Sınıflandırılması. Ankara: TDK, 1996.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS
Lecture,Practice,Presentation,Project,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
Quantity
Percentage(%)
Mid-term
1
30
Assignment
1
10
Practice
1
20
Total(%)
60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)
60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)
40
Total(%)
100
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
15
15
Course hours
14
3
42
Preparation for Midterm exam
1
12
12
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
1
1
1
Homework
1
10
10
Field Research
3
2
6
Total Workload
115
Total Workload / 30
3,83
ECTS Credits of the Course
4
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
Turkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)
No
KEY LEARNING OUTCOMES (KLO) / MATRIX OF LEARNING OUTCOMES (LO)
