Turkish

Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar has been extensively revised in this second edition to provide a complete reference guide to modern Turkish grammar, presenting an accessible description of the language with a thorough description of the sound system, intonation patterns, word structure and sentence structure of Turkish.

Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar has been extensively revised in this second edition to provide a complete reference guide to modern Turkish grammar, presenting an accessible description of the language with a thorough description of the sound system, intonation patterns, word structure and sentence structure of Turkish.

The book presents a stimulating analysis of the complexities of the language through detailed descriptions and illustrative examples. Relevant parts of the examples are highlighted for better understanding and are accompanied by grammatical glosses that will facilitate the parsing of the constructions. An extensive system of cross-referencing makes it easy for the reader to see the connection between topics.

The book is designed as a source for intermediate and advanced learners and users of Turkish and for students of linguistics. It can be used as a reference book and supplementary material in colleges, universities, and continuing education classes, both in Turkish courses and specialized linguistics classes.

Autorentext

Asl Göksel is an independent researcher and former Professor of Linguistics at Böaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Celia Kerslake was University Lecturer and Emeritus Fellow of Turkish, St Antony's College, Oxford University, UK.

Klappentext

Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar has been extensively revised in this second edition to provide a complete reference guide to modern Turkish grammar, presenting an accessible description of the language with a thorough description of the sound system, intonation patterns, word structure and sentence structure of Turkish.

Inhalt

Introduction (Second edition)

Introduction (First edition)

Abbreviations

List of conventions observed in this book

The Turkish alphabet and writing conventions

Phonology: the sound system

1 P**honological units**

2 Sound changes produced in the word by suffixation

3 Vowel harmony

4 Stress in words and phrases

5 Intonation and sentence stress

Morphology: the structure of words

6 Principles of suffixation

7 Word classes, derivation and derivational suffixes

8 Inflectional suffixes

9 Reduplication

10 Noun compounds

11 Clitics

Syntax: the structure of sentences

12 Simple and complex sentences

13 The verb phrase

14 The noun phrase

15 Adjectival constructions, determiners and numerals

16 Adverbial constructions

17 Postpositional phrases

18 Pronouns and pronominal constructions

19 Questions

20 Negation

21 Tense, aspect and modality

22 Definiteness, specificity and generic reference

23 Word order

24 Noun clauses

25 Relative clauses

26 Adverbial clauses

27 Conditional sentences

28 Conjunctions, co-ordination and discourse connection

Appendix 1 Reduplicated stems

Appendix 2 Tense, aspect and modality markers

Glossary of grammatical terms

Bibliography

Index