Information Package / Course Catalogue
Chagatai Turkish II
Course Code: TDE464
Course Type: Required
Couse Group: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 4
Objectives of the Course

Provide students with the ability to read and understand the texts from Works in the historical development periods of Turkish language

Course Content

The comparison of Eastern and Western Turkish, transcription and grammar studies on the Works of Ali Şir Nevai

Name of Lecturer(s)
James WİLSON
Learning Outcomes
1.To be able to transcript and transliterate of the texts from the given period perfectly
2.To be able to understand the texts s/he read and put down on paper
3.To be able to go over morphological and phonetic studies on these texts
4.To be able to go over syntactic studies on these texts
5.To observe that Chagatay Turkish reached the 16- 17 centuries Ottoman Turkish perfection hundred years ago and to be able to exemplify this
6.To be able to recognize and compare the effects of Chagatay Turkish and other dialects on many significant Ottoman poets Fuzulî being in the first place
7.To be able to exemplify the language usages reflecting the thoughts, a kind of language theory, from the poets of the period Nevaî being in the first place
8.To be able to study etymologically on the chosen texts
9.To be able to study syntactical on the chosen texts
10.Bibliography study in this area
11.To be able to compare and contrast the texts of historical Turkish dialect texts with Orhon and Turkey Turkish texts
12.To be able to compare and contrast the characteristics of historical Turkish dialects
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Caferoğlu, Ahmet; Türk Dili Tarihi I, II, Enderun Kitabevi, İstanbul, 1984.
2.Ercilasun, A. Bican; Başlangıcından Yirminci Yüzyıla Türk Dili Tarihi, Akçağ, Ankara, 2004.
3.Gabain, A. Von; Eski Türkçenin Grameri, TDK Yayınları, Ankara, 1988.
4.Thackston W.M. Baburnama. Harvard University, New-York 1993
5.Ali Şir Nevayi. Muhakemetü'Lugateyn. TDK, Ankara 1996
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General information about prose works of the Chagatai Turkish period. Features of the prose language (phonetics, morphology and lexics).
Week 2 - Theoretical
Spelling and syntax features of prose works of the Chagatai Turkish period.
Week 3 - Theoretical
Translation of sample texts from Zahireddin Babür Shah's work "Babürname".
Week 4 - Theoretical
Examples from pre-Nawai works
Week 5 - Theoretical
Reading and analyzing examples from the poetry of Nevai
Week 6 - Theoretical
Reading, analyzing passages from Muhâkemetü’l- Lugateyn, continuation in citation
Week 7 - Theoretical
Reading, analyzing passages from Muhâkemetü’l- Lugateyn, continuation in citation
Week 8 - Theoretical
Studies on the chosen texts from the Works written commutual after Chagatay period
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Reading, analyzing passages from Muhâkemetü’l- Lugateyn, continuation in citation
Week 10 - Theoretical
The phonetical and morphological characteristics of Chagatay Turkish
Week 11 - Theoretical
The phonetical and morphological characteristics of Chagatay Turkish
Week 12 - Theoretical
The syntactical characteristics of Chagatay Turkish
Week 13 - Theoretical
The syntactical characteristics of Chagatay Turkish
Week 14 - Theoretical
Reading and transcription studies on the Works of the period
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%40
Final Examination1%60
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory140228
Assignment125025
Midterm Examination115116
Final Examination130131
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)100
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
OÇ-1
4
OÇ-2
OÇ-3
4
OÇ-4
4
OÇ-5
4
OÇ-6
5
OÇ-7
3
OÇ-8
OÇ-9
OÇ-10
OÇ-11
3
4
OÇ-12
2
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