TAE727 - ANCIENT TURKISH PALEOGRAPHY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANCIENT TURKISH PALEOGRAPHY | TAE727 | 3rd 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 Mehmet ÖLMEZ | |||||
| Course objective | This course aims to introduce the students to the alphabet systems used in Kokturk and Uygur periods; to analyze the peculiarities of the scripts; to utilize paleographical indications for establishing the date they were written; compare the orthography between Ancient Turkish and the Karahanli script written in Arabic; to establish spelling traditions until the Middle Ages. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | -The alphabet systems of Uyghur and Kokturk periods and their spelling -Utilizing paleography to date the texts. - Comparison of the orthography between Ancient Turkish and the Karahanli script written in Arabic -Spelling traditions until the Middle Ages | |||||
| References | Akalın, M. (2007). Eski Türkçenin Grameri. Ankara: TDK Yay. Aydın, E. (2010a). Türk Runik Bibliyografyası (Genişletilmiş 2. baskı). İstanbul: Türk Dilleri Araştırmaları Dizisi: Aydın, E. (2011). Uygur Kağanlığı Yazıtları. Konya: Kömen. Donner, O. (2005). Fin Atlası Orhun Yazıtlarının İlk Çözümü (M. Sirman, Y.Ş. Dalbaşar, Çev.). İstanbul: TÖRE. Ercilasun, A.B. (2004). Başlangıcından Yirminci Yüzyıla Türk Dili Tarihi, Ankara: Akçağ Yayınları. Erdal, M. (1991). Old Turkic Word Formation. 2 Cilt. Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz. Erdal, M. (2004). A Grammar Old Turkic. Leiden-Boston: Brill. Öztürk, M. (Çev.) (1988). Alaaddin Ata Melik Cüveyni Tarih-i Cihangüşa, KB Yayınları, Ankara. Rybatzki, V. (1997). Tonyuquq-Inschrift. Szeged: Studio Uralo-Altaica. Tekin, T. (1997). Tarih Boyunca Türkçenin Yazımı. Ankara: Simurg TDAD 19. User, H.Ş. (2006). Başlangıcından Günümüze Türk Yazı Sistemleri. Ankara: Akçağ Yay. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | An introduction to the alphabets used by Turks |
| Week 2 | Orthography of the Gokturk alphabet I |
| Week 3 | Orthography of the Gokturk alphabet II |
| Week 4 | Orthography of the Manichean alphabet |
| Week 5 | Orthography of the Sogdian and Uyghur alphabet |
| Week 6 | Mid-term exam |
| Week 7 | Orthography of the Brahmin alphabet |
| Week 8 | Orthography of the Tibetan alphabet |
| Week 9 | Orthography of the Assyrian alphabet |
| Week 10 | Peculiarities in spelling Turkish in Arabic script |
| Week 11 | Peculiarities in spelling Turkish in Hebrew script |
| Week 12 | Peculiarities in spelling Old and New Turkish in Latin script |
| Week 13 | Peculiarities in spelling Turkish in Greek and Armenian script |
| Week 14 | Paleographical indications for the dating of the texts |
| Week 15 | Comparison in spelling between old Turkish and Karahanli in Arabic script |
| 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