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COURSE UNIT TITLECOURSE UNIT CODESEMESTERTHEORY + PRACTICE (Hour)ECTS
CONTEMPORARY TURKIC LANGUAGES : CHAGATAY GROUP TDE479 Seventh Term (Fall) 2 + 0 2

TYPE OF COURSE UNITCompulsory Course
LEVEL OF COURSE UNITBachelor's Degree
YEAR OF STUDY4
SEMESTERSeventh Term (Fall)
NUMBER OF ECTS CREDITS ALLOCATED2
NAME OF LECTURER(S)Professor Süer Eker
Associate Professor Melike Üzüm
Assistant Professor Bilge Gökter Gençer
LEARNING OUTCOMES OF THE COURSE UNIT At the end of this course, the students;
1) Classify the modern written languages and dialects developed from the historical Chagatay language.
2) Compare the general features of the languages in Chagatay branch.
3) Explain the phonetic and morphological features of the languages in Chagatay branch.
4) Analyze the morphological features of the words in the text.
5) Translate texts in Arabic, Cyrillic, and Latin letters into Turkish using sources.
MODE OF DELIVERYFace to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSENo
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENTNone
COURSE DEFINITIONThis course deals with the modern Turkic written languages and dialects such as Uzbek, New Uyghur that have developed from the historical Chagatay. The written language and dialects that fall into the Chagatay group, starting with their historical development, will be evaluated on phonetics, morphology, syntax and lexicon. Within the scope of the course, students will find the opportunity to deal with the major literary products and other language material through authentic sources. Thus, students will gain an insight into the modern Turkic communities that speak Turkic written languages and dialects.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEKTOPICS
1st Week Cyrillic writing systems; the terms of language, dialect, sub dialect, accent etc.
2nd Week Introduction to Turkic languages family
3rd Week Chagatay languages and peoples
4th Week Survey of the Chagatay languages
5th Week Survey of the Chagatay languages
6th Week Grammatical features of contemporary Chagatay languages
7th Week Grammatical features of contemporary Chagatay languages
8th Week Midterm
9th Week Linguistical analysis of Chagatay texts
10th Week Linguistical analysis of Chagatay texts
11th Week Linguistical analysis of Chagatay texts
12th Week Linguistical analysis of Chagatay texts
13th Week Linguistical analysis of Chagatay texts
14th Week Linguistical analysis of Chagatay texts
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READINGÇağatay, Saadet. Türk Lehçeleri Örnekleri II. Ankara: Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları, 1977.
Dankoff, R. ve James Kelly. Compendium of the Turkic Dialects, I-III. Harvard: Harvard University Press, 1982-85.
Ercilasun, Ahmet Bican vd. Karşılaştırmalı Türk Lehçeleri Sözlüğü I-II. Ankara: Kültür Bakanlığı, 1991.
Ercilasun, Ahmet Bican (Ed.). Türk Lehçeleri Grameri. Ankara: Akçağ Yay, 2012.
Demir, Nurettin ve Emine Yılmaz. Türk Dili El Kitabı. Ankara: Grafiker Yayınları, 1. Basım, 2003.
Johanson, L. ve Agnes Eva Csato. The Turkic Languages. London and New York: Routledge, 1998.
Menges, Karl. The Turkic Languages and Peoples. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrasowitz, 1968.
Öztürk, Rıdvan. Özbek Türkçesi El Kitabı. Konya: Çizgi Kitabevi, 2005.
Öztürk, Rıdvan. Yeni Uygur Türkçesi Grameri. Ankara: TDK Yay., 2010.
PLANNED LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODSLecture,Project,Presentation,Other
ASSESSMENT METHODS AND CRITERIA
 QuantityPercentage(%)
Mid-term135
Assignment115
Total(%)50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)50
Total(%)100
ECTS WORKLOAD
Activities Number Hours Workload
Midterm exam111
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work14114
Preparation for Final exam11515
Course hours14228
Preparation for Midterm exam11515
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam111
Homework11010
Total Workload84
Total Workload / 302,8
ECTS Credits of the Course2
LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTIONTurkish
WORK PLACEMENT(S)No
  

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