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A complete reference guide to modern Turkish grammar, this work presents a full and accessible description of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use.
As the Mideast becomes more and more important in contemporary geopolitics, the study of that region's languages enjoys increasing popularity. Unfortunately, many language texts in this area are based on outdated usage and offer little information on how the language in question is actually spoken. Robert Underhill's Turkish Grammar closes this gap with a text that gives full coverage of syntax and usage as well as of traditional grammar and gives the student a thorough grounding in a truly useful vocabulary. Designed as a basic teaching grammar of Turkish for speakers, Turkish Grammar is suitable for classroom or individual use at the undergraduate or graduate level. Its extensive coverage of grammar and syntax makes it suitable also for use as a reference grammar. It incorporates not only systematized lessons and information about pronunciation, vocabulary, and syntax but also guidance in the area of usage and chapter-by-chapter exercises. Linguists will recognize that the author has used the framework of generative grammar in the organization and presentation of material; the text, however, avoids linguistic jargon and technical discussions so that students untrained in formal linguistics can use the book as easily as those who have had such training.
This superb grammar and exercise text, used successfully for years at Princeton University, enable English speaking students--in and out of the classroom to gain a quick and thorough understanding of Modern Turkish. In a carefully arranged sequence of 23 lessons, Lewis V. Thomas, late Professor of Oriental Studies at Princeton, presents thorough coverage that allows the student to begin to use the basic patterns of modern Turkish without time-consuming and expensive private instruction.
This volume is a comprehensive grammar of the Turkish language, suitable both for students of the Turkish language and linguistic scholars. Gerjan van Schaaik draws on sound linguistic research and an extensive corpus of real-life data, alongside more than twenty years of feedback from university classrooms, to provide the most complete, up-to-date, and practically useful survey of the Turkish language ever compiled. Following an introduction that provides background information on the Turkic languages and an overview of the linguistic terminology adopted in the volume, the first part of the book explores the fundamentals of Turkish spelling and pronunciation. Parts II and III explore the noun phrase and adjuncts and modifiers, respectively, while Parts IV and V examine the verbal system and sentence structure. These first five parts together represent a valuable overview of the fundamentals of Turkish grammar. Part VI provides an account of the ways in which new words are constructed on the basis of existing material, and constitutes a bridge to the more advanced matter treated in parts VII and VIII, including relative clauses, subordination, embedded clauses, clausal complements and the finer points of the verbal system. The work will be accompanied by a companion website that will provide exercises to accompany each part.
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You want to learn Turkish? EASY TURKISH GRAMMAR makes it quite simple for you. It is directed at anyone who would like to learn the Turkish language - whether as a holiday-goer, culture- or language enthusiast, partner, student, or for your job. The overview tables for grammar and important verbs help you in learning quickly and easily - with or without prior knowledge. You will be introduced to peculiarities of the language and learn how conjugate, pose questions, and form sentences in the various cases using formulas. The overview tables, conjugation formulas and many examples give you the opportunity to actively learn Turkish and spare you from longwinded, boring explanatory texts! I have also included a number of Turkish proverbs and idioms to give you an extra insight into Turkish culture. You can use this book as a resource whenever you get stuck.__ *CONTENTS* __PECULIARITIES OF THE TURKISH LANGUAGE__ THE TURKISH ALPHABET (with Audio)__ THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS__ THE PERSONAL ENDINGS__ EXAMPLES OF SIX CASES:__ Nominative, Dative, Locative, Ablative, Accusative & Genitive, Genitive suffix -ki__ POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS__ VOWEL HARMONY IN TURKISH__ VOWEL LOSS IN TURKISH__ ANAPTYXIS IN TURKISH__ EXCRESCENCE IN TURKISH__ CONSONANT LENITION / FORTITIVE ASSIMILATION__ COMPOUND NOUNS__ POSTPOSITIONAL PHRASES__ THE VERB "TO BE" IN PRESENT PROGRESSIVE__ THE VERB "TO BE" IN DEFINITE PAST TENSE__ PRESENT PROGRESSIVE__ AORIST TENSE__ DEFINITE PAST TENSE (WITH -DI)__ REPORTED PAST TENSE (WITH -MIŞ)__ PAST PERFECT TENSE__ FUTURE TENSE__ FUTURE PERFECT TENSE__ MODAL VERB "CAN"__ MODAL VERB "MUST/SHOULD/HAVE TO"__ CONDITIONAL__ CONDITIONAL I (PRESENT)__ CONDITIONAL II (PAST)__ IRREALIS MOOD__ CONDITIONAL PERFECT__ CONDITIONAL PERFECT (WITH -MIŞ)__ PASSIVE VOICE__ CAUSATIVE FORM__ RECIPROCAL CONSTRUCTION__ PROGRESSIVE MOOD__ IMPERATIVE MOOD__ OPTATIVE MOOD__ ADJECTIVES IN TURKISH__ ADVERBS IN TURKISH__ INTERROGATIVE PRONOUNS__ SUBORDINATE CLAUSES IN TURKISH__ CONJUNCTIONS IN TURKISH__ VERBAL CONSTRUCTIONS IN TURKISH__ DIMINUTIVE IN TURKISH__ THE VERB "TO HAVE" IN TURKISH__ THE NEGATION WORD "NOT"__ NUMBERS:
• What is easy Turkish Grammar? easy Turkish Grammar is a self-study reference and practice book for learners who want to study Turkish for the first time but are not sure where to start. It teaches all the grammar and vocabulary they need for speaking and writing in Turkish. Not only does it explain the rules, it also shows how the language works and gives plenty of practice. It can also be used by lower-intermediate learners who want to revise their knowledge of Turkish. • Which Turkish does easy Turkish Grammar teach? It teaches modern standard Turkish, the dialect you read in newspapers and hear on TV channels. • How is easy Turkish Grammar organised? The grammar To help you have a feel for how Turkish works the book starts with a brief introduction about Turkish spelling, pronunciation, word order and parts of speech such as verbs, nouns and adjectives. After the introduction you will study 36 units presented in order of difficulty. First three units, which deal with spelling and pronunciation, come with online audio. Each unit covers one part of grammar explained by making references to English so that you can compare relevant areas of grammar. Areas where you may have difficulty have been treated with particular care and attention. Each topic is illustrated by plenty of real-life examples written by using the equivalents of 2000 basic English words. And each and every example in the book is translated into English. In the book some unique conventions are used for spelling, pronunciation and grammar in order to help with the learning process. Each set of suffixes in Turkish, which might be mind-boggling for speakers of European languages such as English, is highlighted with a different colour throughout the book so that you can easily spot the order and function of every suffix. You can find the colour-legend at the bottom of the pages. Besides grammar, easy Turkish Grammar teaches lots of everyday phrases and expressions so that it may also make a useful handbook for daily Turkish. The exercises As practice makes perfect, the utmost care has been devoted to writing the exercises. At the end of the units you can find an extensive set of exercises. The appendices The appendices include 11 supplementary lessons, which you are referred to while you are studying the units. The key The key includes the answers to all the exercises. Online audio for the answers is also available. The index The index is unique in that the entries include only titles in English so that you can compare relevant areas of grammar. For example, if you want to know how to say must or express obligation in Turkish, all you need to do is refer to these titles. Here you will find information not only about how to say must in Turkish but also how Turkish suffix for must is also used to mean should. Or if you want to add -ness to an adjective or -ship to a noun, you will be referred to the relevant page where you will find that Turkish only has the suffix -lik for both. The bibliography If you buy this book, you can get the title 'Turkish Vobabulary Booster: Word formation in Turkish' by the same author for free. To get your promo code, contact the author after purchase through his website: htttp://www.easyturkishgrammar.com
