Comparative grammar of Turkic languages 09-GPJT-11

1. Introduction; Comparative and historical grammar; state of research.
2. The structure of word.
3. Phonology: vowels and vowel harmony.
4. Phonology: consonants.
5. Numerals and the category of number.
6. Personal and demonstrative pronouns.
7. The verb: verb categories (time, person, number, mood).
8. The noun: noun categories (possession, number, case).
9. Participles and converbs.
10. Syntax: basic syntactic relations.
11. Syntax: converbal constructions.

Module learning aims

C1 Teaching selected grammatical sub-systems of Turkic languages in a comparative perspective. C2 Teaching basic vocabulary of Turkic languages in a comparative perspective. C3 Enhancing the students' analytical competence. C4 Understanding the causes of linguistic processes.

Major

Philology, Turkic studies

Number of hours

Cycle of studies

1st cycle

Module type

compulsory

Year of studies (where relevant)

Year 3

Course coordinators

Annette Herkenrath

Learning outcomes

Student who has completed this subject:
– has basic knowledge of grammatical sub-systems of Turkic languages
– knows linguistic terminology, especially in comparative linguistics and knows research methods
– knows the synchronic and historical relationships between the Turkic languages
– knows how to use comparative and historical dictionaries, grammars and studies
– is able to find out the causes that underlie linguistic changes in Turkic languages

Assessment criteria

– ability to assess language phenomena with knowledge acquired
– reading suggested studies
– oral examination

Practical placement

None

Bibliography

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Johanson, Lars. 1998. “The Structure of Turkic”: Lars Johanson, Éva Á. Csató. 1998. The Turkic Languages. London, New York: Routledge, 31-66.
Rachewiltz, Igor de, Volker Rybatzki. 2010. An Introduction to Altaic Philology. Turkic, Mongolian, Manchu. Leiden, Boston: Brill.
Räsänen, Martti.1957. „Materialien zur Morphologie der türkischen Sprachen“, Studia Orientalia 21 (1957), 1-256.
Serebrennikov, B. A., N. Z. Gadžieva. 1986. Sravnitel'no-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurkskix jazykov. Moskva: Nauka.
Ščerbak, A. M. 1970. Sravnitel′naja fonetika tjurkskix jazykov. Leningrad: Nauka.
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Tenišev, È. R. (red.). 1986. Sravnitel′no-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurksix jazykov. Sintakis. Moskva: Nauka.
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Tenišev, È. R. (red.). 1997. Sravnitel′no-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurksix jazykov. Leksika. Moskva: Nauka.
Tenišev, È. R. (red.). 2002. Sravnitel′no-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurksix jazykov. Regional′nye rekonstrukcii. Moskva: Nauka.
Tenišev, È. R. (red.). 2006. Sravnitel′no-istoričeskaja grammatika tjurksix jazykov. Pratjurkskij jazyk-osnova. Kartina mira pratjurkskogo ètnosa po dannym jazyka. Moskva: Nauka.
Zajączkowski, Ananiasz. 1932. Sufiksy imienne i czasownikowe w języku zachodniokaraimskim (Przyczynek do morfologji języków tureckich). Les suffixes nominaux et verbaux dans la langue des Karaïms occidentaux (Contribution à la morphologie des languaes turques). Avec résumé français. Kraków: Polska Akademja Umiejętności.

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