COMPARATIVE LINGUISTICS OF HISTORICAL TURKIC LANGUAGES

TDE514

Course Code: TDE514
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Professor Süer Eker

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Acquire phonology of Turkic languages with synchronic and diachronic approach.
Acquire morphology of Turkic languages with synchronic and diachronic approach.
Acquire syntax of Turkic languages with a synchronic and diachronic approach.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

In this course, comparative phonology and morphology of historical Turkic dialects, period-language relation of syntactical tendency in historical Turkic texts etc. will be emphasized.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction, topics, and sources
2^nd Week	Vowel and consonants features in Turkic language
3^rd Week	The primary long vowels in proto-Turkic
4^th Week	Regular phoneme equation
5^th Week	Phoneme alternations in Turkic language
6^th Week	Morphological features of Turkic language
7^th Week	Nominal derivation, analysis on historical Turkic texts
8^th Week	Midterm
9^th Week	Verbal derivation, analysis on historical Turkic texts
10^th Week	Nominal inflection, analysis on historical Turkic texts
11^th Week	Verbal inflection, analysis on historical Turkic texts
12^th Week	Sentence structure of Turkic language
13^th Week	Complements, analysis on historical Turkic texts
14^th Week	Phrases, analysis on historical Turkic texts
15^th Week	General review

Recommended or Required Reading

Ceylan, Emine. Çuvaşça Çok Zamanlı Sesbilgisi. Ankara: TDK Yayınları, 1997.
Clauson, Gerard. An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth-Century Turkish. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972
Johanson, Lars and Hendrik Boeschoten, ed. Turkic Languages. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag, 1998.
Tekin, Talat. Türk Dillerinde Birincil Uzun Ünlüler, Ankara: Simurg Yayınları, 1995.
Kornfilt, Jaklin. Turkish. London: Psychology Press, 1997.
Erdal, Marcel. Old Turkic Word Formation I-II. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag, 1991.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Questions/Answers
Other
Presentation

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Assignment	2	20
Other	1	10
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	15	3	45
Preparation for Final exam	1	30	30
Course hours	15	3	45
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	25	25
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	2	15	30
Presentation (including preperation)	1	10	10
Article	6	10	60
Weekly Articles and Resource Research	14	4	56
Total Work Load			305
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			10.16
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12	X	X	X
K13
K14	X	X	X
K15

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12	X	X	X
K13
K14	X	X	X
K15

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12	X	X	X
K13
K14	X	X	X
K15

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X	X
K2	X	X	X
K3	X	X	X
K4
K5
K6	X	X	X
K7
K8
K9
K10
K11	X	X	X
K12	X	X	X
K13
K14	X	X	X
K15