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MHTU1211 - Turkish: Grammar in Practice I
Credits :
5
Lecturer :
Mode of delivery :
Face-to-face , first term, 30 hours of exercises.
Language of instruction :
Turkish
Learning outcomes :
On completing this Course in grammar, students should be able (in the final exam) to:
- Perform a thorough and correct grammatical analysis of a sentence or text with a particular focus on the approach and terminology of ‘prescriptive Turkish grammar';
- Understand and explain the uses of the moods and tenses of verbs, perceive the differences in and the nuances of meaning that the latter repre-sent and spot the mistakes that their incorrect use causes;
- Be able to describe and systematically apply the rules of Turkish prescriptive grammar;
- Reflect on theoretical grammatical rules and their application.
Prerequisites :
None
Co-requisites :
None
Course contents :
• Tenses
• Mood
• Pouvoir / Possibility / Eventuality
• Devoir / Falloir / Obligation / Necessity
• General introduction to Fossilized Forms
- Verbal nouns -me/ -mek / -i? (isim-fiiller = mastarlar)
- Relative verbal adjectives and participles (Sıfat-fiiller)
- Gerunds (Ba?-fiil / Ulaç)
• Complement clauses (Yan cümleler)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The theory of grammar is presented in a straightforward and progressive way.
Theory is highlighted through examples and is followed by practical exercises. A contrastive ap-proach to grammar is taken as a methodological platform for translating, oral speech and written expression.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam (100% of the final mark).
Recommended or required reading :
• Bazin (Louis), Introduction à l'étude pratique de la langue turque, 1978, Paris, A. Maisonneuve.
• Golstein (Bernard), Grammaire du turc: ouvrage pratique à l'usage des francophones, 1999, L'Harmattan.
• Ediskun (Haydar), Türk Dilbilgisi, 1999, Remzi Kitabevi.
• Uzun (Nadir Engin), Anaçizgileriyle Evrensel Dilbilgisi ve Türkçe, 2000, MULTILINGUAL YABANCI DIL YAYINLARI.
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