Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
TURKISH LEXICOLOGY TUR336 6. Semester 4 + 0 4.0 5.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction Turkish
Course Level Bachelor's Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
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Goals To teach the semantic features of Turkish words, idioms, formulaic expressions, the units comprising the vocabulary and to show how the units comprising the vocabulary are discussed.
Course Content In this course, the basic concepts of lexicology are examined; the semantic features of Turkish words, the types of meaning, semantic changes, meaning relations among words are mentioned. The formation of idioms in Turkish, the basic principles and methods of lexicography and the history of Turkish lexicography are examined.
Learning Outcomes 1) The basic principles and concepts of Turkish lexicology are learned.
2) The types of meaning are learned and the processes for gaining meaning of words are comprehended.
3) Semantic changes in Turkish words are learned.
4) Meaning relations among words are learned.
5) The items comprising Turkish vocabulary are learned.
6) The basic concepts of lexicoghaphy and the types of dictionaries are learned.
7) Historical and modern Turkish language dictionaries are known

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Lexicology and its research interest, meanings of words Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
2. Week The types of meaning: denotation, connotation, terminological meaning and figurative meaning Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
3. Week Semantic changes: metaphor, metonym, synecdoche Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
4. Week Meaning relations: homonymy: homophony, homography; synonymy, antonymy, paronym, hyponym, hyperonymie Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
5. Week Polysemy Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
6. Week Semantic restriction, semantic extension, meliorative, pejorative, generalization Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
7. Week Idioms in Turkish vocabulary, the structures of Turkish idioms and formation processes Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
8. Week Basic vocabulary of Turkish and relations with other languages Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
9. Week Lexicography, its research interest and basic concepts Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
10. Week Selection of vocabulary in Turkish dictionaries and configuration Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
11. Week Headword in dictionaries, writing headword Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
12. Week Turkish lexicography history: non-print dictionaries and print dictionary Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
13. Week Turkish lexicography history: non-print dictionaries and print dictionary Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework
14. Week The types of dictionaries and the dictionaries of Modern Turkish Lecture; Question Answer; Discussion
Colloquium
 Homework

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
• Aksan, Doğan (2006), Anlambilim: Anlambilim Konuları ve Türkçenin Anlambilimi, Ankara: Engin Yayınevi.
• Aksan, Doğan (2006), Türkçenin Sözvarlığı, Ankara: Engin Yayınevi.
• Demir, Nurettin-Aslan, Sema (2009), “Anlambilim”, Türk Dili Yazılı ve Sözlü Anlatım, (Editörler: Nurettin Demir –Emine Yılmaz), Ankara: Nobel Yayın ve Dağıtım. s.137-148.
• Günay, Doğan (2007), Sözcükbilime Giriş, İstanbul: Multilingual.
• İmer, Kamile, Ahmet Kocaman, A. Sumru Özsoy (2011), Dilbilim Sözlüğü, İstanbul: Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Yayınevi.
• Lipka, Leonhard (1990), An Outline of English Lexicology: Lexical Structure, Word Semantics, and Word-formation, Verlag Tübingen: Max Niemeyer
• Vardar, Berke (2002), Açıklamalı Dilbilim Terimleri Sözlüğü, İstanbul: Multilingual Yayınları.
• Yavuzarslan, Paşa (2009), Osmanlı Dönemi Türk Sözlükçülüğü, Ankara: Tiydem Yayıncılık.
Jackson, Howard (2016), Sözlükbilime Giriş, (Çev.: Mehmet Gürlek-Ellen Patat, İstanbul: Kesit Yayınları.

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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
. 14 4
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 2
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 2
Homework 5 6
Presentation (Including Preparation Time) 1 2
Midterm Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 6
Final Exam 1 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 8
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  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload