TAE724 - LINGUISTIC METHODS IN TURKISH STUDIES
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LINGUISTIC METHODS IN TURKISH STUDIES | TAE724 | 2nd Semester | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture Discussion Question and Answer Other | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Professor Sema ASLAN DEMÄ°R | |||||
| Course objective | This course aims to introduce the students to the linguistic methods, and their impact on Turkology. The student will use concepts like formalism, structuralism, semiotics and inter-textual analysis to interpret issues of Turkish language, literature, culture, society, history, folklore and art. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
| |||||
| Course Content | The major methods and concepts of linguistics Discourse on the application of these methods in Turkology Formalism, structuralism, semiotics and inter-textual analysis to interpret issues of Turkish language, literature, culture, society, history, folklore and art. | |||||
| References | Aronoff M., J. Ress-Miller (2003). The Handbook of Linguistics. Blackwell Publishers. Binnick, R. (2012). The Oxford Handbook of Tense and Aspect. Oxford University Press. Yule, J. (1996). Pragmatics. Oxford University Press. Whaley, Lindsay J. (1997). Introduction to Typology. The Unity and Diversity of Languages. Thousands Oaks: Sage. Trudgill, P. (2000). Sociolinguistics: An Introduction to Language and Society. Johanson, Lars (2007). Türkçe Dil İlişkilerinde Yapısal Etkenler. İkinci Baskı. Çev. Nurettin Demir. Ankara: TDK. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction, to the concepts of language, linguistics and the history of linguistics |
| Week 2 | Linguistic schools, theory and methods |
| Week 3 | Study areas of linguistics: phonology, morphology, syntax. |
| Week 4 | Study areas of linguistics: semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics. |
| Week 5 | Typology of linguistics and categorization of languages, introduction of WALS |
| Week 6 | Typological features of Turkish |
| Week 7 | Reflections of linguistics on Turcology research: Recent developments and trends |
| Week 8 | Mid-term exam |
| Week 9 | Linguistic categories such as modality, aspect, tense, evidentiality and their situation in Turkology studies |
| Week 10 | Other morphological categories: case and plurality. |
| Week 11 | Syntactic theories and its situation in Turkology studies |
| Week 12 | Semantics and its situation in Turkology studies |
| Week 13 | Metaphor researches |
| Week 14 | Sociolinguistics and its situation in Turkology studies |
| Week 15 | Stylistics studies |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 14 | 10 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 1 | 30 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 20 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 16 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 6 | 5 | 30 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 6 | 4 | 24 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 6 | 84 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 5 | 6 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Workload | 49 | 104 | 300 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Comprehend the social, economic, cultural, geographical changes of the Turkish world in a holistic perspective. | X | ||||
| 2. Comprehend a source language related to the Turkish culture and other cultures interacted with. | X | ||||
| 3. Produce interdisciplinary, analytical knowledge on the areas related to the Turkish culture. | X | ||||
| 4. Analyze the language and social structure phases of Turkish culture, taking into account the contact processes with neighboring cultures. | X | ||||
| 5. Develop an effective methodology enabling the production of knowledge on Turkish language, culture and social structure. | X | ||||
| 6. Produce new perspectives influenced from the interdisciplinary nature of Turkish Studies and commend on possible political, military and socio-economic matters. | X | ||||
| 7. As an expert on regional assimilation problems, analyze the possible consequences of it and to produce policy suggestions on the matter to relevant private and state departments. | X | ||||
| 8. Generate analysis on global ethnic and cultural problems in the view of Turkish Studies. | X | ||||
| 9. Develop new insights on history, philology, social, economic fields related to Turkish Culture and interacted with. | X | ||||
| 10. Expand norms and methods of knowledge production from the perspective of Turkish Studies. | X | ||||
| 11. Advance new technological methods, in the study of language, history and culture of Turkish Culture geography. | X | ||||
| 12. Make scientific contributions to the Turkish language, history, culture and interactive cultures. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest