Language Specific Peculiarities Document for Turkish As Spoken In
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Load more
Recommended publications
-
Using 'North Wind and the Sun' Texts to Sample Phoneme Inventories
Blowing in the wind: Using ‘North Wind and the Sun’ texts to sample phoneme inventories Louise Baird ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, The Australian National University [email protected] Nicholas Evans ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, The Australian National University [email protected] Simon J. Greenhill ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, The Australian National University & Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History [email protected] Language documentation faces a persistent and pervasive problem: How much material is enough to represent a language fully? How much text would we need to sample the full phoneme inventory of a language? In the phonetic/phonemic domain, what proportion of the phoneme inventory can we expect to sample in a text of a given length? Answering these questions in a quantifiable way is tricky, but asking them is necessary. The cumulative col- lection of Illustrative Texts published in the Illustration series in this journal over more than four decades (mostly renditions of the ‘North Wind and the Sun’) gives us an ideal dataset for pursuing these questions. Here we investigate a tractable subset of the above questions, namely: What proportion of a language’s phoneme inventory do these texts enable us to recover, in the minimal sense of having at least one allophone of each phoneme? We find that, even with this low bar, only three languages (Modern Greek, Shipibo and the Treger dialect of Breton) attest all phonemes in these texts. -
Crustal Structure of the Eastern Anatolia Region (Turkey) Based on Seismic Tomography
geosciences Article Crustal Structure of the Eastern Anatolia Region (Turkey) Based on Seismic Tomography Irina Medved 1,2,* , Gulten Polat 3 and Ivan Koulakov 1 1 Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics SB RAS, Prospekt Koptyuga, 3, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia; [email protected] 2 Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy SB RAS, Prospekt Koptyuga, 3, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia 3 Department of Civil Engineering, Yeditepe University, 26 Agustos Yerleskesi, 34755 Istanbul, Turkey; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +7-952-922-49-67 Abstract: Here, we investigated the crustal structure beneath eastern Anatolia, an area of high seismicity and critical significance for earthquake hazards in Turkey. The study was based on the local tomography method using data from earthquakes that occurred in the study area provided by the Turkiye Cumhuriyeti Ministry of Interior Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate Earthquake Department Directorate of Turkey. The dataset used for tomography included the travel times of 54,713 P-waves and 38,863 S-waves from 6355 seismic events. The distributions of the resulting seismic velocities (Vp, Vs) down to a depth of 60 km demonstrate significant anomalies associated with the major geologic and tectonic features of the region. The Arabian plate was revealed as a high-velocity anomaly, and the low-velocity patterns north of the Bitlis suture are mostly associated with eastern Anatolia. The upper crust of eastern Anatolia was associated with a ~10 km thick high-velocity anomaly; the lower crust is revealed as a wedge-shaped low-velocity anomaly. This kind of seismic structure under eastern Anatolia corresponded to the hypothesized existence of Citation: Medved, I.; Polat, G.; a lithospheric window beneath this collision zone, through which hot material of the asthenosphere Koulakov, I. -
Reading Comprehension Skills of Bilingual Children in Turkey
European Journal of Education Studies ISSN: 2501 - 1111 ISSN-L: 2501 - 1111 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu doi: 10.5281/zenodo.572344 Volume 3 │ Issue 6 │ 2017 READING COMPREHENSION SKILLS OF BILINGUAL CHILDREN IN TURKEY Seher Bayati University of Ordu, Turkey Abstract: This study aims to compare the reading comprehension skills of the bilingual students studying at the 4th Grade of the Primary School with the monolingual students studying at the 4th Grade. With this purpose, 303 students were included from the Black Sea Region, where mainly monolingual students studied and 247 students were included from the Eastern and South-eastern Regions, where bilingual students studied. Furthermore, in order to expand the scope of the research, it was intended to find out the views of class teachers about the reading comprehension skills of bilingual students. So in the research, the mixed method and the parallel pattern converging from the patterns of the mixed method were used. The research result presented a significant difference between the reading comprehension skills of the monolingual 4th grade students from the Black Sea Region and the students from the Eastern and South- eastern Regions. This difference was in favour of the monolingual students. On the other hand, reading comprehension skills of the 4th graders in the Eastern and South- eastern Regions did not significantly differ within itself depending on bilingualism. Keywords: bilingual children, native language, reading comprehension, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic 1. Introduction The official language and medium of instruction is Turkish in Turkey. According to Article 42 of the Constitution of the Republic of Turkey, “No language other than Turkish shall be taught as a mother tongue to Turkish citizens at any institutions of training or education. -
Gestural Phasing As an Explanation for Vowel Devoicing in Turkish* Stefanie Jannedy [email protected]
OSU Working Papers in Linguistics 45 ($6-84) Gestural Phasing as an Explanation for Vowel Devoicing in Turkish* Stefanie Jannedy [email protected] ·· Abstract: Recent work in phonetics has suggested that. vowel devoicing or schwa deletion, observed in various languages, is a gradient process. This study provides evidence for the previously undocumented process of high vowel devoicing in Turkish. The prosodic and segmental factors rate, stress, preceding environment, following enviornment, vowel type, and syllable type were investigated. The factors are described, evaluated and ranked according to the results of a multiple regression (Variable Rule) analysis. Where applicable, results are contrasted with findings for i.e., Japanese and Korean. Furthermore, VOT (voice onset time) measurements of the three voiceless stops [p t k] were obtained, as well as duration measurements of vowels in open and closed syllables where vowels are significantly longer in Turkish. Generally, most devoicing occurred when the vowel was shorter (i.e., as a result of faster rates of speech, lack of stress, in closed syllables, ect.). These findings accord well with predictions made by a model assuming gradual gestural overlap of adjacent consonantal and vocalic gestures. It will be attempted to explain the findings with differences in phasing between articulatory gestures. I, Introduction In Turkish a syllable containing any of the four high vowels [i y i u] can be · realized without any audible traces of voicing. The phenomenon is demonstrated in Figure 1, which shows a contrasts between two words produced by the same speaker, one containing a fully realized vowel, the other containing a fully devoiced vowel. -
Sociolinguistic Situation of Kurdish in Turkey: Sociopolitical Factors and Language Use Patterns
DOI 10.1515/ijsl-2012-0053 IJSL 2012; 217: 151 – 180 Ergin Öpengin Sociolinguistic situation of Kurdish in Turkey: Sociopolitical factors and language use patterns Abstract: This article aims at exploring the minority status of Kurdish language in Turkey. It asks two main questions: (1) In what ways have state policies and socio- historical conditions influenced the evolution of linguistic behavior of Kurdish speakers? (2) What are the mechanisms through which language maintenance versus language shift tendencies operate in the speech community? The article discusses the objective dimensions of the language situation in the Kurdish re- gion of Turkey. It then presents an account of daily language practices and perceptions of Kurdish speakers. It shows that language use and choice are sig- nificantly related to variables such as age, gender, education level, rural versus urban dwelling and the overall socio-cultural and political contexts of such uses and choices. The article further indicates that although the general tendency is to follow the functional separation of languages, the language situation in this con- text is not an example of stable diglossia, as Turkish exerts its increasing pres- ence in low domains whereas Kurdish, by contrast, has started to infringe into high domains like media and institutions. The article concludes that the preva- lent community bilingualism evolves to the detriment of Kurdish, leading to a shift-oriented linguistic situation for Kurdish. Keywords: Kurdish; Turkey; diglossia; language maintenance; language shift Ergin Öpengin: Lacito CNRS, Université Paris III & Bamberg University. E-mail: [email protected] 1 Introduction Kurdish in Turkey is the language of a large population of about 15–20 million speakers. -
The Application of English Theories to Sorani Phonology
Durham E-Theses The Application of English Theories to Sorani Phonology AHMED, ZHWAN,OTHMAN How to cite: AHMED, ZHWAN,OTHMAN (2019) The Application of English Theories to Sorani Phonology, Durham theses, Durham University. Available at Durham E-Theses Online: http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/13290/ Use policy The full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that: • a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in Durham E-Theses • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders. Please consult the full Durham E-Theses policy for further details. Academic Support Oce, Durham University, University Oce, Old Elvet, Durham DH1 3HP e-mail: [email protected] Tel: +44 0191 334 6107 http://etheses.dur.ac.uk The Application of English Theories to Sorani Phonology Zhwan Othman Ahmed A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy School of Modern Languages and Cultures Durham University 2019 Abstract This thesis investigates phonological processes in Sorani Kurdish within the framework of Element Theory. It studies two main varieties of Sorani spoken in Iraq which are Slemani and Hawler. Since the phonology of SK is one of the least studied areas in Kurdish linguistics and the available studies provide different accounts of its segments, I start by introducing the segmental system of the SK dialect group. -
The Auditory Perception of North American English Diphthongs in Vocabulary Items by English Teachers in Turkey
Çorakçı, N. & Demirezen, M. (2020) The auditory perception of North American English diphthongs in vocabulary items by English teachers in Turkey. International Online Journal of Education and Teaching (IOJET),7(2),451-466. http://iojet.org/index.php/IOJET/article/view/709 Received: 09.08.2019 Received in revised form: 18.03.2020 Accepted: 28.03.2020 THE AUDITORY PERCEPTION OF NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH DIPHTHONGS IN VOCABULARY ITEMS BY ENGLISH TEACHERS IN TURKEY Research Article Neslihan Çorakçı [email protected] Ministry of National Education, Turkey Mehmet Demirezen [email protected] Ufuk University Neslihan Çorakçı is an English teacher at a state school of Ministry of Education in Giresun. Mehmet Demirezen is a professor of ELT at Ufuk University. Copyright by Inform scope. Material published and so copyrighted may not be published elsewhere without the written permission of IOJET International Online Journal of Education and Teaching (IOJET) 2020, 7(2), 451-466 THE AUDITORY PERCEPTION OF NORTH AMERICAN ENGLISH DIPHTHONGS IN VOCABULARY ITEMS BY ENGLISH TEACHERS IN TURKEY Neslihan Çorakçı [email protected] Mehmet&Demirezen [email protected] Abstract Diphthongs are double vowel sounds made by combining two vowels in the same syllable. During their articulation in the oral cavity, the first vowel sound glides onto the next vowel from one position of the mouth to another within the same syllable. That’s why they are heard as single-vowel phonemes by listeners. Because of a gliding movement in their articulation, most learners find them difficult to articulate and understand them at first. Hence, they can be tricky sounds to master for non-native speakers. -
The Political Integration of the Kurds in Turkey
Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses 1979 The political integration of the Kurds in Turkey Kathleen Palmer Ertur Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the Near and Middle Eastern Studies Commons, and the Political Science Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Ertur, Kathleen Palmer, "The political integration of the Kurds in Turkey" (1979). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 2890. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.2885 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. l . 1 · AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF ·Kathleen Palmer Ertur for the Master of Arts in Political Science presented February 20, 1979· I I I Title: The Political Integration of the Kurds in Turkey. 1 · I APPROVED EY MEMBERS OF THE THESIS COMMITTEE: ~ Frederick Robert Hunter I. The purpose of this thesis is to illustrate the situation of the Kurdish minority in Turkey within the theoretical parameters of political integration. The.problem: are the Kurds in Turkey politically integrated? Within the definition of political develop- ment generally, and of political integration specifically, are found problem areas inherent to a modernizing polity. These problem areas of identity, legitimacy, penetration, participatio~ and distribution are the basis of analysis in determining the extent of political integration ·for the Kurds in Turkey. When .thes_e five problem areas are adequate~y dealt with in order to achieve the goals of equality, capacity and differentiation, political integration is achieved. -
Perceptual Image of Conflict-Ridden Destinations: an EEG and Eye Tracker Analysis1
Business and Economics Research Journal Volume 8 Number 3 2017 pp. 533-553 ISSN: 1309-2448 DOI Number: 10.20409/berj.2017.65 Perceptual Image of Conflict-Ridden Destinations: An EEG and Eye Tracker 1 Analysis Çağatan Taşkına Erdoğan Koçb Hakan Bozc Abstract: This study aims to investigate the perceived images of Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia regions in Turkey. These regions offer many opportunities in terms of history and culture, nature and food tourism. Using EEG and Eye Tracker devices, these two destinations, where potential tourists are blurred, and the two destinations where there are no clashes, measured levels of arousal, interest and negative value against the destination advertisements. It has been found that, with the discovery of an important element in the conflicts in the two conflicting destinations, tourists could take a small amount of risk with the intention of discovering new destinations. Keywords: Neuromarketing, Conflict-Ridden Destinations, Destination Branding, Risk Perception, Destination Image JEL Classification: M30, M31 1. Introduction Destination branding has received considerable interest from researchers since the early 1970s (Hunt, 1971; Mayo, 1973; Gallarza et al., 2002; Pike, 2002; Martín and Rodríguez del Bosque, 2008; Dolnicar and Grün, 2013; Stepchenkova and Li, 2014). Destination development and destination branding activities start with building a favourable destination image that identifies and differentiates the destination from its competitors (Aaker, 1991; Cai, 2002). A destination’s image can be regarded as the pre-existing concept/s corresponding to that particular destination (Pike, 2009). In fact, a destination image is“the sum of beliefs, ideas, and impressions that a person has of a destination” (Crompton, 1979, p. -
Wheat Landraces in Farmers' Fields in Turkey. National Survey, Collection
WHEAT LANDRACES IN FARMERS’ FIELDS IN TURKEY NATIONAL SURVEY, COLLECTION ©FAО/ Mustafa Kan Mustafa ©FAО/ AND CONSERVATION, 2009-2014 ©FAО/ Mustafa Kan Mustafa ©FAО/ Kan Mustafa ©FAО/ ©FAО/ Mustafa Kan Mustafa ©FAО/ Alexey Morgounov ©FAO/ WHEAT LANDRACES IN FARMERS’ FIELDS IN TURKEY NATIONAL SURVEY, COLLECTION AND CONSERVATION, 2009-2014 Mustafa KAN, Murat KÜÇÜKÇONGAR, Mesut KESER, Alexey MORGOUNOV, Hafiz MUMINJANOV, Fatih ÖZDEMIR, Calvin QUALSET FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Ankara, 2015 Citation: FAO, 2015. Wheat Landraces in Farmers’ Fields in Turkey: National Survey, Collection, and Conservation, 2009-2014, by Mustafa Kan, Murat Küçükçongar, Mesut Keser, Alexey Morgounov, Hafiz Muminjanov, Fatih Özdemir, Calvin Qualset The designations employed and the presentation of material in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) concerning the legal or development status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. The mention of specific companies or products of manufacturers, whether or not these have been patented, does not imply that these have been endorsed or recommended by FAO in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. The views expressed in this information product are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of FAO. ISBN: 978-92-5-109048-0 © FAO, 2015 -
Anneme, Babama, Eşime Ve Kızım Aybüke'ye
Anneme, babama, eşime ve kızım Aybüke’ye THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES OF BİLKENT UNİVERSITY DYNAMICS OF THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN TURKEY AND USA: THE SOUTH CAUCASUS CASE By HALİL SIDDIK AYHAN A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BİLKENT UNIVERSITY ANKARA July 2003 I certify that I have read this thesis and I have found that it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Master of International Relations. Asst. Prof. Dr. Nur Bilge Criss Thesis Supervisor I certify that I have read this thesis and I have found that it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Master of International Relations. Prof. Orhan Güvenen Examining Committee Member I certify that I have read this thesis and I have found that it is fully adequate, in scope and in quality, as a thesis for the degree of Master of International Relations. Asst. Prof. Dr. Pınar Bilgin Examining Committee Member Approval of the Institute of Economics and Social Sciences Prof. Kürşat Aydoğan Director ii ABSTRACT DYNAMICS OF THE ALLIANCE BETWEEN TURKEY AND USA: THE SOUTH CAUCASUS CASE AYHAN, HALİL SIDDIK M.A. In International Relations Supervisor: Asst. Prof. Dr. Nur Bilge Criss July 2003, 222 pages With the collapse of the Soviet Union, the South Caucasus presented several opportunities and challenges in the political, economic and military domains to the US as the unique superpower of the world, and to Turkey as a regional power. -
Dr. İstanbul Rumeli Üniversitesi, İktisadi, İdari Ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü Dr. İs
Dr. İstanbul Rumeli Üniversitesi, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü Dr. İstanbul Rumeli University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of International Relations [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6906-0031 Dr. Öğr. Üyesi İstanbul Rumeli Üniversitesi, İktisadi, İdari ve Sosyal Bilimler Fakültesi, Uluslararası İlişkiler Bölümü Assist. Prof. Dr. İstanbul Rumeli University, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, Department of International Relations [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7144-8804 Atıf / Citation Örki, A.- Yüksel Çendek S. 2020. “The Events of 1915 and Overlooked Details of Turkish Thesis”. Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi - Journal of Turkish Researches Institute. 68, (Mayıs- May 2020). 471-500 Makale Bilgisi / Article Information Makale Türü-Article Types : Araştırma Makalesi-Research Article Geliş Tarihi-Received Date : 28.12.2019 Kabul Tarihi-Accepted Date : 09.05.2020 Yayın Tarihi- Date Published : 31.05.2020 : http://dx.doi.org/10.14222/Turkiyat4313 İntihal / Plagiarism This article was checked by programında bu makale taranmıştır. Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi - Journal of Turkish Researches Institute TAED-68, Mayıs - May 2020 Erzurum. ISSN 1300-9052 e-ISSN 2717-6851 www.turkiyatjournal.com http://dergipark.gov.tr/ataunitaed Atatürk Üniversitesi • Atatürk University Türkiyat Araştırmaları Enstitüsü Dergisi • Journal of Turkısh Researches Institute TAED-68, 2020.