Dimitrios Dimitriou

University Teacher (PD 407/80)

didim[at]turkmas.uoa[dot]gr

3 hours per week

Course Objectives

The main aim of the course 'Turkish Language I: Morphology - Phonology - Syntax' is the study of Turkish, by examining morpho-syntactic phenomena and aiming at the proper syntactic structure of written and spoken discourse. The course starts with a brief introduction to the Turkish language, whose special characteristics are studied and compared to the Indo-European languages.

Written examples and oral exercises are used during the course.

Course Structure

• Alphabet

• Vowel Harmony

• Classification of consonants. Consonant mutation

• Plural suffix: -ler

• Pronouns (personal, possessive, demonstrative)

• Case endings: -(n)in, -(y)e,-(y)i, -de, -den

• Possessive suffixes

• Adjectives

• Prepositions

• Verbs: imek, var, yok, Şimdiki Zaman, Belirli Geçmiş Zaman, Gelecek Zaman, İstek kipi, Emir kipi

• Other suffıxes:

-den başka,-den sonra, -den önce, -den beri

-in içinde, -in yanında ,…….

-deki, -ken, -eli, -mek için, -meden önce, -dikten sonra

(-mek/-mey-i, meğ-i / –mey-e, meğ-e / mek-te, mek-ten) + verb

Assesment

Weekly written assignments, written mid-term and final examinations.

Homework includes exercises and translation from Greek to Turkish.

Bibliography

Exercises and notes of the lecturer and the following books:

Yabancı Dilim Türkçe 1, Dimler Yayınları, 1, İstanbul, 2010

Tömer, Yeni Hitit 1, Ankara Üniversitesi Yayınları, Ankara, 2008

Sebüktekin Hikmet, Yabancılar için Türkçe / Turkish for foreigners 1, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 1997

Özsoy Sumru, Türkçe-Turkish, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınları, İstanbul, 1999,

Öztürk T., Akçay S., Duru H., Gün S., Bargan H., Ersoy H., Yiğit A., Adım Adım Türkçe1(+2,+3,…?), Dilset Yayınları, İstanbul 2004, (www.dilset.com)