Routes of the Turkish Language, language familiarization. Uralic & Altaic languages theories, written and oral language works within historical aspect.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| Learning of the theories related to the historical rotes of the Turkish Language. | 1,2 | A |
| Acquiring of classification standards of historical and contemporary dialects of the Turkish Language. | 1,2,3 | A |
| Having basic information on phonetically characteristics of the historical and modern Turkish dialects. | 1,2 | A |
| Comparative studies on historical and contemporary Turkish Dialects based on morphological characters of the selected sample texts. | 1,2 | A |
Course Flow
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Focusing on historical roots of the Turkish Language. | |
| 2 | Uralic & Altaic language theories. | Related readings |
| 3 | Altaic language family and Turkish. | Related readings |
| 4 | Altaic languages theories. | Related readings |
| 5 | Classification of the Turkish language. | Related readings |
| 6 | Pro-Turkish, first phases of the Turkish language. | Related readings |
| 7 | Mid-term exam. | |
| 8 | Old Turkish written sources. | Related readings |
| 9 | Middle Turkish, Karakhanid Turkish and related works. | Related readings |
| 10 | Kharazim Turkish and related works. | Related readings |
| 11 | Early Eastern Turkish and related works. | Related readings |
| 12 | Kiptchak Turkish: Codex Cumanicus, Golden Horde period. | Related readings |
| 13 | Eraly West (Oghuz) Turkish and related works. | Related readings |
| 14 | General Revision. | Related readings |
Recommended Sources
| Required |
Akalın, M., (1979). Tarihî Türk Şiveleri, Ankara.
Arat, R. R.-Temir, A. (1992). “Türk Şivelerinin Tasnifi” Türk Dünyası El Kitabı, C. II, 224-248. Arat, R.R. (1991). Eski Türk Şiiri, Ankara, TTK yayınları. Barutcu Özönder, F. Sema, “Eski Türklerde Dil ve Edebiyat”, Türkler, C. III, 481-501. Barutcu Özönder, F.S.,“Türk Dilinin Tarihî Dönemleri Üzerine Birkaç Söz”, 24 Ekim 2001, Bilim, Kültür, Edebiyat Dili Olarak Türkçe Semineri, Hacettepe Üniversitesi, Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı Bölümü (: Türkbilig, Türkoloji Araştırmaları, 2002/3, s. 203-210). |
| Recommended |
Caferoğlu, Ahmet, (1972). Türk Dili Tarihi, İstanbul.
Ercilasun, Ahmet Bican (2005). Başlangıcından Yirminci Yüzyıla Türk Dili Tarihi, Ankara. Johanson, Lars, Éva Ágnes Csató, The Turkic Languages, London and New York 1998. Poppe, N., (1965). Introduction to Altaic Linguistics, Wiesbaden: Ural-Altaische Bibliothek, XIV. Rasony, Laszlo, (1988). Tarihte Türklük, TKAE Yay. Ankara. Róna-Tas, A., (1991). An Introduction to Turkology, Studia Uralo-Altaica 33, Szeged. Sinor, D. (Ed.) (2000). Erken İç Asya Tarihi, İstanbul. Temir, Ahmet (1992). “Ural-Altay Dilleri Teorisi” Türk Dünyası El Kitabı, C. II, 3-7. Tezcan, Semih, (1978). “En Eski Türk Dili ve Yazını”, Bilim, Kültür ve Öğretim Dili Olarak Türkçe, Ankara, TTK Yayınları, 271-323. Tuna, Osman Nedim, (1987). Altay Dilleri Teorisi, Türk Dünyası Araştırmaları Vakfı: İstanbul. |
Material Sharing
| Documents | Related articles copies. |
Assessment
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 30 |
| Quizzes | 1 | 10 |
| Attendance | - | - |
| FINAL | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 100 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF FINAL EXAMINATION TO OVERALL GRADE | 60 | |
| CONTRIBUTION OF IN-TERM STUDIES TO OVERALL GRADE | 40 | |
| Total | 100 |
| COURSE CATEGORY | Expertise/Field Courses |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1 | To have the necessary knowledge about “History of Turkish Language” as a part of teaching Turkish language and literature curriculum in high schools. | X | ||||||||||||
| 2 | To have the necessary knowledge about “Turkey Turkish” and “Modern Turkish Grammar” as a part of Turkish language and literature teaching in high schools. | X | ||||||||||||
| 3 | To have the necessary knowledge about historical lexicology and philological evolution of Turkish language. | X | ||||||||||||
| 4 | To have the necessary knowledge about the stages of acculturation and oral / written sources of Turkish language. | X | ||||||||||||
| 5 | To have the necessary knowledge about modern Turkish dialects and their literatures. | X | ||||||||||||
| 6 | To have the necessary knowledge about “History of Turkish Literature” as a part of Turkish language and literature teaching in high schools. | X | ||||||||||||
| 7 | To have the necessary knowledge about all major figures of Turkish literature (writer, poet, critic, academic, etc.) as a part of Turkish language and literature teaching in high schools. | X | ||||||||||||
| 8 | To have the necessary knowledge about oral / written sources of medieval and early modern Turkish literature. | X | ||||||||||||
| 9 | To have the necessary knowledge about modern Turkish literature from Tanzimat to Republic period throughout the history. | X | ||||||||||||
| 10 | To instruct students to synthesize the dynamics of Turkish modernization with the content of Turkish Language and Literature teaching and to have critical attitudes with historiography of Turkish literature. | X | ||||||||||||
| 11 | To instruct students to make critical readings of worldwide / national classics listed by Ministry of National Education . | X | ||||||||||||
| 12 | To instruct students to synthesize their common knowledge of literary genres, forms and literary history with the theoretical frameworks about construction of national history. | X | ||||||||||||
| 13 | To have ability to design original materials for field education and develop new projects. | X | ||||||||||||
| 14 | To have the necessary knowledge about paleography, research and presentation techniques using in Humanities. | X | ||||||||||||
| 15 | To have a critical and comparative perspective about Turkish literature among world literatures. | X | ||||||||||||
ECTS
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 15 | 3 | 45 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 15 | 7 | 105 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Quiz | 1 | 9 | 9 |
| Final examination | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Total Work Load | 165 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 6.6 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 7 |