Emin Yaş | Batman University (original) (raw)

Papers by Emin Yaş

Research paper thumbnail of Bilingual first language acquisition and phonemic phenomenon

RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023

İki dilli ilk dil edinimi ve sesbirimsel olgu

Research paper thumbnail of English Prepositions As Functıon Words Are Not As Easy For Language Learners As Normally Supposed To Be

Batman University Journal of Life Sciences, 2022

Prepositions as function words and single monomorphemic words are the most basic words of the hum... more Prepositions as function words and single monomorphemic words are the most basic words of the human language, especially in the context of maintaining daily life. They are probably the first lexes/words entered to the human’s linguistic repertoire, as their requirements in the language are so essential. Prepositions shows various relationships between lexes or phrases in sentences. Among these relationships time, points, position, direction and various degrees of mental or emotional attitudes seem to be significant. The purpose of the research is try to reveal what kind of challenges English prepositions have for the learners and also to confirm if they are as difficult as some linguists have stated before. Another purpose is to find out which features are more difficult among all their entity properties. The results of this study disclose that English prepositions possess very complex structures, different meanings and an associating duty of various types of part of speeches. In particular, those that construct the phrasal verbs require great effort for learning due to the loss of the meaning (sometimes partially, sometimes completely) they undergo. It has been understood that their properties such as steadily changing meaning and function make them quite difficult elements for learners of English.

Research paper thumbnail of Gender from the linguistic and sociolinguistic perspective

Dilbilimsel ve toplumdilbilimsel perspektiften cinsiyet, 2022

The concept of gender (male and female) is an issue that can be handled biologically, socially an... more The concept of gender (male and female) is an issue that can be handled biologically, socially and individually. Whether the gender - based language production differences are linguistic, social hierarchy or culture has long been discussed and debated by different scientific circles. Studies on whether men and women produce different languages coincide with the 1970s, when the feminism movement emerged in the world. In the same period, sociolinguistic researches were carried out at scientific levels. These sociolinguistic studies are considered to be the first important studies on malefemale language production differences. Looking at language and gender studies, it is seen that there is a general, intensified focus on two questions: First, do men and women use language differently (in different dimensions)? Secondly, is the language that describes the man and the language that describes the woman different from each other in written or oral modules in social life? An attempt was made to find an answer to the question “do men and women really speak differently” in this qualitative study, based on the literature. Although there are various studies on gender-based language use differences, it seems that this issue is open to discussion. It is possible to say that the difference in gender-based language use is not certain due to reasons such as the fact that most of the studies were conducted with small data and different methods, up-to-date data were not used, and most of the data were collected from the English language.

Research paper thumbnail of THE CHANGE OF SOME GRAMMATICAL CAGETORIES IN TURKISH:WORDS WITH ADVERBIAL FUNCTIONS

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 2020

It is known that Turkish, like all languages, has changed and is in a process of change. The dire... more It is known that Turkish, like all languages, has changed and is in a process of change. The direction of the change in question is both from verbal language to written language and from written language to verbal language. Changes are studied in
linguistics by two different types of research approaches, namely diachronic and synchronic.

This qualitative study using the quantitative data collection tool focused on the phenomenon of synchronic change. The aim of this descriptive study is to reveal to what extend the reductions in verbal Turkish has reflected on written language. For this purpose, four words with adverbial functions (daha, beri, kadar ve kere), whose use in daily speech is gradually decreasing, from everyday language in standard Turkish of Turkey have been chosen, a " grammatical judgement test " has
been prepared and applied to sample group that consists of 24 undergraduate students studying in Turkish Language and Literature department. As a result of the research, is has been determined that the functions of these words dropped in
daily language use are provided with suffixes. It was observed that a significant part of the participants tended to accept the sentences whose words with adverbial were omitted.

Research paper thumbnail of İngilizce Zarf Yapılarının Yabancı Öğrenenler İçin Zorluğu

İngilizce Zarf Yapılarının Yabancı Öğrenenler İçin Zorluğu, 2017

Bu calismanin amaci Ingilizce zarf yapilarinin(cumlecik) yabanci veya ikinci dil ogrenenler icin ... more Bu calismanin amaci Ingilizce zarf yapilarinin(cumlecik) yabanci veya ikinci dil ogrenenler icin ne tur zorluk ya da yuk oldugunu aydinlatmaktir. Bu baglamda, bu yapilarin sozdizimsel yapisi arastirildi. Bu, yapilarini vurgulayarak ve gramer birimi olarak zarf cumleciklerinin sozdizimsel ozellikleri arastirilarak yapildi. Ingilizce konusan dunyada mevcut olan en onemli kitaplar incelendi. Bu butunce (corpus) analiz, yan cumle olarak surekli degisen bazi zarf yapilarin ogrenenler icin cumle isleminde bir sorun oldugunu gosterdi. Yapisindaki degisimlerin yabanci ogrenenler icin bir yuk oldugu kanitlandi. Bundan baska, calisma zarf yapilarinin Ingiliz dilinin tipolojik sozdizimine ters dustugunu vurguluyor; yani Ingilizcenin kuralli soz dizimi bu islemler tarafindan ihlal ediliyor. Yine siniflandirmalari, kisaltilmalari ve devrik olmalari yabanci ogrenenler icin buyuk sikintidirlar.

Research paper thumbnail of On The Trace of Influence of Native Language in the Compositions of Those learning English as a foreign Language

Art in the Digital Age: An Analysis on the Exhibition "Moving Memories" From the Lived Experience... more Art in the Digital Age: An Analysis on the Exhibition "Moving Memories" From the Lived Experience, to the Created Experience.

Research paper thumbnail of The Linking Between the Emerging Market Economy and Human Character in Volpone of Ben Jonson

Atatürk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2021

Social developments/events of three different periods (Elizabethan Period (1558-1603), Jacobean P... more Social developments/events of three different periods (Elizabethan Period (1558-1603), Jacobean Period (1603-1625) and Caroline Period (1625-1649) might have had great impact on Ben Jonson's writing the play Volpone. In this qualitative study (conducted with literature research on the topic), Volpone through which he best reflected his corrupted society at that time will be examined. The play will be analysed to illuminate the native features related to the market economy. The economic sight based on commodity has such a great power in changing the characters of the people, losing their morals because of their greed towards the power and wealth during the mentioned period. Another point to be discussed is to reckon whether Ben Jonson as a Dramatist had contrary opinions against the developing capitalist world. In the study, it has been found that the play of Volpone (the fox) depicts one of the best evidence how the characters can be changed through materialism. As a main character, he is a wealthy Venetian nobleman and exceptionally cunning, who devises a plan (pretending to die) with the assistance of his henchman (Mosca/ fly) to exploit his relatives waiting to be an heir of him. The play shows how his relatives flatter him and give him the most expensive gifts. He deceives each of them at the end. The play draws attention to the materialistic power of the 16th century.

Research paper thumbnail of Çocukken İki Dilli Olmakla Sonradan İki Dilli Olmak Paralel Olabilir Mi?

JOURNAL OF CURRENT DEBATES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2019

In the globalizing world foreign language learning is becoming more and more important. This case... more In the globalizing world foreign language learning is becoming more and more
important. This case leads to new developments in language learning research. The
purpose of this study is to depict whether the second language learning would occur
better in the childhood or later. In other words to investigate the question of in which
period of bilingualism it will be better. In order to answer this question, important
sources in the linguistic field, related to the topic, were highlighted. The important
researches and theories mentioned in the literature have been examined, evaluated,
information about the first and second language learning has been given and the
subject has been discussed from the scientific point of view. In this context, it has
been understood that many reasons exist affecting the level of proficiency of preand
post-12 year’s language learning (in mono-, bi-, tri-, quadra- or multi-,
lingualism) such as age, brain function, individual differences, ambience
differences; social, political, economic background and how to regard the language.
The idea that bilingualism after the critical period (around the age of 12) could not
be as that of the childhood has been gained weight, due to the system differences
between two languages, especially the difficulties in intoning and pronouncing.

Research paper thumbnail of The pronunciation of English acronyms in Turkish

Journal of Language and Linguistics Studies, 2021

Acronym is a very important word derivation mechanism usually applied to the new names of private... more Acronym is a very important word derivation mechanism usually applied to the new names of private or public institutions and they can be used to shorten the names of people, places, or institutions. This linguistic opportunity, which can be found in every language of the world, is quite useful in terms of its easiness and economic use of the languages. It provides the people ease of language use with reducing the length of some nouns and phrases and helping to memorize them. It functions as phonemic and graphemic shortening. In Turkish, there are a great number of domestic acronyms (e.g. ÖSYM, PTT, and TBMM) and English/international ones as well (e.g. BBC, NATO, and NASA). The purpose of this study is to reveal if the Turkish speakers (L1) will prefer the articulation of English acronyms as in English or as in Turkish. A qualitative research method was preferred with using a quantitative data collection tool. 24 sentences, in each one was embedded an acronym, were prepared and given to 24 participants who were newly registered students (at the university). This study shows that these students pronounced nearly all of the acronyms as in English rather than Turkish. This is probably because they deem English more prestigious. The other reason might be that there is no consistency (or willingness) in terms of the utilisation of English acronyms among the public agencies alongside with the mass media and official institutions in Turkey.

Research paper thumbnail of The Difficulty of English Adverbial Constructions for the Foreign Learners

Batman University Journal of Life Sciences, 2017

ÖZ Bu çalışmanın amacı İngilizce zarf yapılarının(cümlecik) yabancı veya ikinci dil öğrenenler iç... more ÖZ Bu çalışmanın amacı İngilizce zarf yapılarının(cümlecik) yabancı veya ikinci dil öğrenenler için ne tür zorluk ya da yük olduğunu aydınlatmaktır. Bu bağlamda, bu yapıların sözdizimsel yapısı araştırıldı. Bu, yapılarını vurgulayarak ve gramer birimi olarak zarf cümleciklerinin sözdizimsel özellikleri araştırılarak yapıldı. İngilizce konuşan dünyada mevcut olan en önemli kitaplar incelendi. Bu bütünce (corpus) analiz, yan cümle olarak sürekli değişen bazı zarf yapıların öğrenenler için cümle işleminde bir sorun olduğunu gösterdi. Yapısındaki değişimlerin yabancı öğrenenler için bir yük olduğu kanıtlandı. Bundan başka, çalışma zarf yapılarının İngiliz dilinin tipolojik sözdizimine ters düştüğünü vurguluyor; yani İngilizcenin kurallı söz dizimi bu işlemler tarafından ihlal ediliyor. Yine sınıflandırmaları, kısaltılmaları ve devrik olmaları yabancı öğrenenler için büyük sıkıntıdırlar. ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to bring to the light what difficulties or burden the English Adverbial Clauses have for foreign language learners (FLLs) or second language learners (SLLs) In this context, the syntactic structure of such grammatical category has been examined. This has been done by examining the syntactic properties of adverbial clauses as grammatical unity by emphasising their structures. The most important books that are available in the English speaking world have been inquired. This corpus analysis has depicted that steadily changing of some adverbial clauses as subordinates is a problem for the learners in sentence processing. The varieties of the construction have proved to be a burden for the foreign learners. Moreover, the study underlines that the adverbial constructions contradict with the typological word order (SVO) of English language i.e. the canonical word order of English is violated through these operations. Again the classifications, the reduction and the inversion of them are great challenges for the foreign learners.

Research paper thumbnail of Türkçede Bazı Dil Bilgisel Kategorilerin Değişimi: Zarf İşlevli Kelimeler

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 2021

Öz Bütün diller gibi Türkçenin de değiştiği ve bir değişim süreci içinde olduğu bilinmektedir. Sö... more Öz Bütün diller gibi Türkçenin de değiştiği ve bir değişim süreci içinde olduğu bilinmektedir. Söz konusu değişimin yönü hem sözlü dilden yazılı dile hem de yazılı dilden sözlü dile olmaktadır. Değişimler dil biliminde artsüremli (diachronic) ve eşsüremli (synchronic) olmak üzere iki farklı araştırma yaklaşımıyla incelenmektedir. Nicel veri toplama aracının kullanıldığı bu nitel çalışma eş zamanlı değişim olgusuna odaklanmıştır. Bu betimsel çalışmanın amacı Türkçenin sözlü dilde kullanılan eksiltimlerin yazı diline ne düzeyde yansıdığını tespit etmektir. Bu amaca yönelik olarak Ölçünlü Türkiye Türkçesinde günlük konuşmada kullanımı gittikçe azalan zarf işlevli dört sözcük (daha, beri, kadar ve kere) seçilmiş, bir "dil bilgisel değerlendirme testi" hazırlanmış ve Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı bölümü 4. sınıfta okuyan 24 öğrenciden oluşan katılımcılara uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda günlük dil kullanımda eksiltilen sözcüklerin işlevinin eklerle sağlandığı belirlenmiştir. Katılımcıların önemli bir kısmının zarf işlevli sözcükleri düşürülmüş tümceleri kabul edebilir eğilimde olduğu gözlenmiştir. Abstract It is known that Turkish, like all languages, has changed and is in a process of change. The direction of the change in question is both from verbal language to written language and from written language to verbal language. Changes are studied in linguistics by two different types of research approaches, namely diachronic and synchronic. This qualitative study using the quantitative data collection tool focused on the phenomenon of synchronic change. The aim of this descriptive study is to reveal to what extend the reductions in verbal Turkish has reflected on written language. For this purpose, four words with adverbial functions (daha, beri, kadar ve kere), whose use in daily speech is gradually decreasing, from everyday language in standard Turkish of Turkey have been chosen, a " grammatical judgement test " has been prepared and applied to sample group that consists of 24 undergraduate students studying in Turkish Language and Literature department. As a result of the research, is has been determined that the functions of these words dropped in daily language use are provided with suffixes. It was observed that a significant part of the participants tended to accept the sentences whose words with adverbial were omitted.

Research paper thumbnail of Can Becoming Bilingualism In The Childhood And Becoming Bilingual Later Be Parallel

Journal of Current Debates in Social Sciences, 2019

In the globalizing world foreign language learning is becoming more and more important. This case... more In the globalizing world foreign language learning is becoming more and more important. This case leads to new developments in language learning research. The purpose of this study is to depict whether the second language learning would occur better in the childhood or later. In other words to investigate the question of in which period of bilingualism it will be better. In order to answer this question, important sources in the linguistic field, related to the topic, were highlighted. The important researches and theories mentioned in the literature have been examined, evaluated, information about the first and second language learning has been given and the subject has been discussed from the scientific point of view. In this context, it has been understood that many reasons exist affecting the level of proficiency of pre-and post-, bi-, tri-, quadra-or multilingualism sm) such as age, brain function, individual differences, ambience differences; social, political, economic background and how to regard the language. The idea that bilingualism after the critical period (around the age of 12) could not be as that of the childhood has been gained weight, due to the system differences between two languages, especially the difficulties in intoning and pronouncing.

Books by Emin Yaş

Research paper thumbnail of Fransızca Dil Bilgisinin Yapı Taşları

Kriter Yayınevi, 2023

Fransızca günümüzde birinci dil olarak 81 milyon, ikinci dil olarak 229 milyon, toplamda 310 mily... more Fransızca günümüzde birinci dil olarak 81 milyon, ikinci dil olarak 229 milyon, toplamda 310 milyon insan tarafında konuşulmaktadır. 20. yy'ın ortalarına kadar Türkiye'de geçerli olan ve sonuç itibariyle Türkçeyi birinci elden etkileyen bir dil konumundaydı. Günümüzde farklı nedenlerden dolayı etkin konumunu İngilizceye bırakmasa da halihazırda Türkçede kullanılan çok sayıda Fransızca sözcük mevcuttur (pijama, jilet, kanepe, gişe (bankadaki), poşet, antre, apartman, vestiyer, patoz, fritöz... vb.).

Research paper thumbnail of What Place Does Monitor Theory Occupy in Second Language Acquisition Today?

Linguistics: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, 2022

The target of Second- Language Acquisition (SLA), emerged in the second half of the 20th century,... more The target of Second- Language Acquisition (SLA), emerged in the second half of the 20th century, was to be helpful in foreign- language education/ teaching. It denotes mostly the study of individuals (or sometimes groups) who are learning a language consequent to learning their first language when they are young children. At the same time, it signifies the process of learning a second language. The added language is named a second language, but it might indeed be the third, fourth or more which is going to be acquired. The range of SLA comprises informal Second- Language Learning occurring in natural milieus, formal second- language learning occurring in classroom or the one that contains a combination of them both, that is, settings and conditions. The three main aspects for the study of SLA process are the linguistic, psychological and social aspects. The Monitor Theory/ Model postulated by Krashen in the 1970s is a psychological approach in nature. With its five hypotheses (The Acquisition– Learning Hypothesis, The Monitor Hypothesis, The Natural Order Hypothesis, The Input Hypothesis, and The Affective Filter Hypothesis), it tries to find answers to the problems of SLA, such as what does a second- language learner come to know, how the acquisition process takes place, and why some learners are more successful than others? The Monitor Theory (MT) received extensively many criticisms after its appearance and was rejected. Its teaching implications were also at the centre of criticisms. What place does MT occupy in SLA today? This study aims to try to find an answer. The other questions are: How important is the MT for SLA? What kind of criticisms are expressed against it? How fair is the criticism by McLaughlin (1978, 1987)? The working hypotheses of the present work are: The hypotheses developed by Krashen are not/ will not be rejected. Because science is still lying in the so- called agony phase, and cannot find any answers to all questions in psychology (e.g. how exactly is the processing of language; in particular and of mind in general). Moreover, the problems related to memory etc., the thoughts emanated from the MT can probably not be refuted. They have evolved so far and will be evolved further, perhaps with small differences. This research is completely based on the literature written since the time the theory was developed. In other words, it was carried out using a descriptive method without using a special data collection tool. The sources written on the subject were reviewed and an answer to the research questions was tried to be found. Even though the theory is expressed with different names and different meanings today, it has survived all the criticisms made, and it has been concluded that it still occupies an important place in the discipline of second- language acquisition (SLA) and foreign- language teaching. Again, the inquiries carried out since the 1970s delineate that the implications in favour of language education are not very different from those stated by Krashen (1982), which were the products of his opinions in that period. There are still basic consequences grounded on MT for language teaching today.

Research paper thumbnail of Bir Çırpıda ve Detayda Türkçe Açıklamalı İngilizce Gramer

Paradigma Akademi Yayınları, 2020

En çok kullanılan ve günlük hayattan örnek cümleler seçilmeye gayret gösterilmiştir. Konunun iyi ... more En çok kullanılan ve günlük hayattan örnek cümleler seçilmeye gayret gösterilmiştir. Konunun iyi anlaşılmasını sağlayan açıklamalar yapılmıştır. Bunun doğal sonucu olarak sözcükler de A1,A2,B1 düzeylerini aşmamaktadır. Gereken yerlerde ek bilgiler (mesela Türkçe-İngilizce karşılaştırmalı dil bilgisel özellikler) dikkate sunularak gramere ait bir sorunun iyi anlaşılması için dil bilim bağlantıları kurulmuştur. Yabancı kaynaklara göre hazırlanmamış ve yabancıların bakış açısıyla anlatılamayan bir dil bilgisi yaratılmaya çalışılmıştır.

Research paper thumbnail of Kurdische Märchen: Ein Stück des indo-europäischen Kulturerbes

epubli, 2018

Die Märchen sind eins des wichtigsten Kulturerbes der Menschheit. Sie sind eine Produktion des Me... more Die Märchen sind eins des wichtigsten Kulturerbes der Menschheit. Sie sind eine Produktion des Menschengehirnes. Sie trägen die Spuren von tausend Jahren. Es gibt gemeinsame Elemente in ganzen Märchen auf der Welt. Meiner Meinung nach gibt es mehr Gemeinsamkeiten in den Märchen der Völker, deren Sprachfamilien gleich sind, da die Sprache und das Märschen aus derselben Quelle sprudeln. Diesbezüglich habe ich mehrere gleiche Punkte in den deutschen und kurdischen Märchen gefunden(siehe Einführung) wie z.B. die gleichen Personen, Gegenständen, Ereignissen usw.
Stößen die Märchen die Grenze des Denkens? Sind sie nur die Produktion der menschlichen Phantasie oder vermitteln sie uns die Wirklichkeit über das weltliche Leben? Was ist das Märchen? Warum benötigen die Menschen die Märchen? Dieses Buch, das jetzt in ihren Händen liegt, besteht aus den zehn Märchen, die ich selbe gesammelt habe. Mein Ziel war, dass die kurdischen Märchen nicht verloren gehen und in die Weltliteratur eingehen. Die kurdischen Märchen sind von Indio-europäischem Kulturerbe. Das Buch is in einer klare Sprache geschrieben, somit jede kann es verstehen. Und für jedes Märchen ist mit einem Bild, insgesamt 22, illustrieret und Bedeutungsgemäß platziert.

Research paper thumbnail of Dile Genel Bakış ve Dillerin Karşılaştırılması

Cinius Yayınları, 2018

Linguistik araştırmalar insanın ilk kelimeyi çıkarması için 2 milyon yıl kadar bir zaman geçirdiğ... more Linguistik araştırmalar insanın ilk kelimeyi çıkarması için 2 milyon yıl kadar bir zaman geçirdiğini belirtir. Teori ve varsayımların dışında ileri sürülebilecek kanıtlar eski canlı kemikleri, insanların tarihte kullandıkları araç gereçler, mağaralara ve kayalara çizilen resimler ve bazı fosillerdir. Günümüzde yaklaşık 6.000 dil vardır. Dünyada yaşayan her insanın, her grubun, hatta medeniyetin ulaşmadığı Afrika ve Avusturalya kıtalarındaki her kabilenin bir doğal dili vardır. Peki dil bu güne gelinceye kadar nasıl bir evrim geçirdi? Hangi biyolojik, psikolojik, sosyolojik, ontolojik ve teolojik faktör veya faktörler insanın bir dile sahip olmasını mümkün kıldı? Yeryüzündeki tüm dillerin kökeni aynı mıdır? Başlangıçta bir dil mi yoksa bir kaç tane dil mi vardı? Dil, insan genetikleri yoluyla mı sonraki nesillere aktarılır? Bugün dilleri birbiriyle karşılaştırılmak ne kadar mümkündür? Bunun bilimsel araçları nelerdir? Elinizdeki bu kitabın amacı dilin tarihsel ve şimdiki durumunu genel bir bakış çerçevesinde incelemek ve dillerin birbirleriyle ne kadar karşılaştırılabileceğini örneklerle anlatmaktır. Özellikle yabancı dil öğretmenlerine önerilir. Bir de herkesin anlayabileceği, severek okuyabileceği bilgileri içerir. Dilbilimin derin bilgilerine gerek yoktur. Linguistikte okuyan öğrenciler için 5, 6 ve 7. bölümlerde oldukça faydalı bilgiler yer almaktadır. Bu bölümlerde bazı dilbilimsel konular işlendi. Fakat herkesin ve her tabakadan insanın kavrayabileceği biçimde verildi. Yine kitapta şunlar aydınlatıcı olmaktadır: Okumayı kolaylaştıran şemalar, tablolar ve resimler; anlamayı kolaylaştırmak ve daha fazla bilgi için bazı referanslar; dilbiliminin öncülerinden sayılan dilbilimcilerden verilen İngilizce ve Türkçe alıntılar; bazı konular anlatılırken bilgileri madde şeklinde sıralamak; dilbiliminde hiçbir ön bilgiye sahip olmadan herkesin kolayca anlayabileceği bir dilin kullanılması; genel kavramlar için kitabın sonuna eklenen bir ek sözlük. Ayrıca aktarılan dilbilimsel açıklamalar, tanımlamalar ve araştırmalar dallar arası bir açıdan ele alınmıştır.

Research paper thumbnail of The Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by German and Turkish Speakers

Freie Universität Berlin-UB, 2016

The dissertation is a contrastive analysis. It deals with the acquisition of English relative cla... more The dissertation is a contrastive analysis. It deals with the acquisition of English relative clause (RC) by German and Turkish students(in Germany and Turkey) learning English as a second and third language and attending the 11th grades of a German school. The main question of the study is to find out whether the acquisition of English RCs is more difficult for German or for Turkish learners. The other study is the corpus analysis of the English relative clauses. For this research I have chosen various school books from the fields such as History, Chemistry and Literature. The target is to find out how often the English relative clauses are used. They are from the same school level (11th grade) where I have applied the tests. I wanted to know which difficulties exists for the students. Moreover the frequency of English relative clauses in the school books has been given.

Conference Presentations by Emin Yaş

Research paper thumbnail of Benefits of Bilingualism on an Individual Basis

International Symposium on Engineering, Natural and Social Sciences, 2021

Abstract: Bilingualism is expressed by scientists as the ability to use two languages at the same... more Abstract: Bilingualism is expressed by scientists as the ability to use two languages at the same time (writing or speaking). The question 'What individual profits does bilingualism provide?' is the essance of this research. In order to answer this question, a literature review was conducted on the field and an answer was tried to be found. Therefore, this study was carried out based on the data obtained from the literature review. In this respect, the current research is a qualitative research. Attention is drawn to the fact that childhood bilingualism is more robust and stable than adult bilingualism in terms of using the four abilities (decoding: hearing and reading; encoding: writing and speaking). This academic study revealed that Bilingualism at the individual level provides good cognitive development. Again, It has been understood that it is possible to talk about the benefits such as better understanding and solving mathematical problems and performing more complicated tasks; being faster and sharper in processing the outside world; having a better concrete and abstract thinking ability; better logical inference; focusing and solving problems; having better recall power; having the ability to learn other languages more easily...etc. On the other hand, the rapidly developing fMR technology (brain film) recently provides us with tremendous evidence of the brain benefits of Bilingualism.

Research paper thumbnail of On The Trace of Influence of Native Language in the Compositions of Those learning English as a foreign Language

SADAB 10th International Conference on Social Researches and Behavioral Sciences October 29-31, 2021/ Antalya, Turkey, 2021

Second language learning occurs in directed or undirected settings. While learning takes place in... more Second language learning occurs in directed or undirected settings. While learning takes place in situations where two languages meet, it is unavoidable that mistakes will mostly occur as a result of encountering of the two language systems. Errors occur in three ways: Pro-active ones (from the source language to the target language), retro-active (from the target language to the source language) or interim language. Our hypothesis in this research is: Since English is a language that is not learned in childhood, certain mistakes will be the result of the mother tongue system; because the translation from Turkish into English in verbal or written production (encoding) is done consciously or subconsciously. The sample group of the study is 17 students learning English as a foreign language and whose source language is Turkish; they already passed the English Language and Literature Undergraduate Preparatory Class and started the first year. The target of this scientific research is to see whether there are errors arising from the mother tongue in the compositions of the subject group;
if there are any, is to determine whether these errors are mostly caused by words or syntax. For this purpose, they were asked to write a 250 word composition in English (about climate change or selfexplanatory) and analyses were carried out by determining what percentage of the total number of words the mistakes made up, at the mentioned levels. In this connection, a qualitative research type was conducted using quantitative data. Although different types of errors were detected in the evaluation of the findings, it was seen that mostly errors were made at the word level. It has been observed that 17.04% of all errors have the characteristics of the native language system.

Research paper thumbnail of Bilingual first language acquisition and phonemic phenomenon

RumeliDE Dil ve Edebiyat Araştırmaları Dergisi, 2023

İki dilli ilk dil edinimi ve sesbirimsel olgu

Research paper thumbnail of English Prepositions As Functıon Words Are Not As Easy For Language Learners As Normally Supposed To Be

Batman University Journal of Life Sciences, 2022

Prepositions as function words and single monomorphemic words are the most basic words of the hum... more Prepositions as function words and single monomorphemic words are the most basic words of the human language, especially in the context of maintaining daily life. They are probably the first lexes/words entered to the human’s linguistic repertoire, as their requirements in the language are so essential. Prepositions shows various relationships between lexes or phrases in sentences. Among these relationships time, points, position, direction and various degrees of mental or emotional attitudes seem to be significant. The purpose of the research is try to reveal what kind of challenges English prepositions have for the learners and also to confirm if they are as difficult as some linguists have stated before. Another purpose is to find out which features are more difficult among all their entity properties. The results of this study disclose that English prepositions possess very complex structures, different meanings and an associating duty of various types of part of speeches. In particular, those that construct the phrasal verbs require great effort for learning due to the loss of the meaning (sometimes partially, sometimes completely) they undergo. It has been understood that their properties such as steadily changing meaning and function make them quite difficult elements for learners of English.

Research paper thumbnail of Gender from the linguistic and sociolinguistic perspective

Dilbilimsel ve toplumdilbilimsel perspektiften cinsiyet, 2022

The concept of gender (male and female) is an issue that can be handled biologically, socially an... more The concept of gender (male and female) is an issue that can be handled biologically, socially and individually. Whether the gender - based language production differences are linguistic, social hierarchy or culture has long been discussed and debated by different scientific circles. Studies on whether men and women produce different languages coincide with the 1970s, when the feminism movement emerged in the world. In the same period, sociolinguistic researches were carried out at scientific levels. These sociolinguistic studies are considered to be the first important studies on malefemale language production differences. Looking at language and gender studies, it is seen that there is a general, intensified focus on two questions: First, do men and women use language differently (in different dimensions)? Secondly, is the language that describes the man and the language that describes the woman different from each other in written or oral modules in social life? An attempt was made to find an answer to the question “do men and women really speak differently” in this qualitative study, based on the literature. Although there are various studies on gender-based language use differences, it seems that this issue is open to discussion. It is possible to say that the difference in gender-based language use is not certain due to reasons such as the fact that most of the studies were conducted with small data and different methods, up-to-date data were not used, and most of the data were collected from the English language.

Research paper thumbnail of THE CHANGE OF SOME GRAMMATICAL CAGETORIES IN TURKISH:WORDS WITH ADVERBIAL FUNCTIONS

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 2020

It is known that Turkish, like all languages, has changed and is in a process of change. The dire... more It is known that Turkish, like all languages, has changed and is in a process of change. The direction of the change in question is both from verbal language to written language and from written language to verbal language. Changes are studied in
linguistics by two different types of research approaches, namely diachronic and synchronic.

This qualitative study using the quantitative data collection tool focused on the phenomenon of synchronic change. The aim of this descriptive study is to reveal to what extend the reductions in verbal Turkish has reflected on written language. For this purpose, four words with adverbial functions (daha, beri, kadar ve kere), whose use in daily speech is gradually decreasing, from everyday language in standard Turkish of Turkey have been chosen, a " grammatical judgement test " has
been prepared and applied to sample group that consists of 24 undergraduate students studying in Turkish Language and Literature department. As a result of the research, is has been determined that the functions of these words dropped in
daily language use are provided with suffixes. It was observed that a significant part of the participants tended to accept the sentences whose words with adverbial were omitted.

Research paper thumbnail of İngilizce Zarf Yapılarının Yabancı Öğrenenler İçin Zorluğu

İngilizce Zarf Yapılarının Yabancı Öğrenenler İçin Zorluğu, 2017

Bu calismanin amaci Ingilizce zarf yapilarinin(cumlecik) yabanci veya ikinci dil ogrenenler icin ... more Bu calismanin amaci Ingilizce zarf yapilarinin(cumlecik) yabanci veya ikinci dil ogrenenler icin ne tur zorluk ya da yuk oldugunu aydinlatmaktir. Bu baglamda, bu yapilarin sozdizimsel yapisi arastirildi. Bu, yapilarini vurgulayarak ve gramer birimi olarak zarf cumleciklerinin sozdizimsel ozellikleri arastirilarak yapildi. Ingilizce konusan dunyada mevcut olan en onemli kitaplar incelendi. Bu butunce (corpus) analiz, yan cumle olarak surekli degisen bazi zarf yapilarin ogrenenler icin cumle isleminde bir sorun oldugunu gosterdi. Yapisindaki degisimlerin yabanci ogrenenler icin bir yuk oldugu kanitlandi. Bundan baska, calisma zarf yapilarinin Ingiliz dilinin tipolojik sozdizimine ters dustugunu vurguluyor; yani Ingilizcenin kuralli soz dizimi bu islemler tarafindan ihlal ediliyor. Yine siniflandirmalari, kisaltilmalari ve devrik olmalari yabanci ogrenenler icin buyuk sikintidirlar.

Research paper thumbnail of On The Trace of Influence of Native Language in the Compositions of Those learning English as a foreign Language

Art in the Digital Age: An Analysis on the Exhibition "Moving Memories" From the Lived Experience... more Art in the Digital Age: An Analysis on the Exhibition "Moving Memories" From the Lived Experience, to the Created Experience.

Research paper thumbnail of The Linking Between the Emerging Market Economy and Human Character in Volpone of Ben Jonson

Atatürk Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2021

Social developments/events of three different periods (Elizabethan Period (1558-1603), Jacobean P... more Social developments/events of three different periods (Elizabethan Period (1558-1603), Jacobean Period (1603-1625) and Caroline Period (1625-1649) might have had great impact on Ben Jonson's writing the play Volpone. In this qualitative study (conducted with literature research on the topic), Volpone through which he best reflected his corrupted society at that time will be examined. The play will be analysed to illuminate the native features related to the market economy. The economic sight based on commodity has such a great power in changing the characters of the people, losing their morals because of their greed towards the power and wealth during the mentioned period. Another point to be discussed is to reckon whether Ben Jonson as a Dramatist had contrary opinions against the developing capitalist world. In the study, it has been found that the play of Volpone (the fox) depicts one of the best evidence how the characters can be changed through materialism. As a main character, he is a wealthy Venetian nobleman and exceptionally cunning, who devises a plan (pretending to die) with the assistance of his henchman (Mosca/ fly) to exploit his relatives waiting to be an heir of him. The play shows how his relatives flatter him and give him the most expensive gifts. He deceives each of them at the end. The play draws attention to the materialistic power of the 16th century.

Research paper thumbnail of Çocukken İki Dilli Olmakla Sonradan İki Dilli Olmak Paralel Olabilir Mi?

JOURNAL OF CURRENT DEBATES IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, 2019

In the globalizing world foreign language learning is becoming more and more important. This case... more In the globalizing world foreign language learning is becoming more and more
important. This case leads to new developments in language learning research. The
purpose of this study is to depict whether the second language learning would occur
better in the childhood or later. In other words to investigate the question of in which
period of bilingualism it will be better. In order to answer this question, important
sources in the linguistic field, related to the topic, were highlighted. The important
researches and theories mentioned in the literature have been examined, evaluated,
information about the first and second language learning has been given and the
subject has been discussed from the scientific point of view. In this context, it has
been understood that many reasons exist affecting the level of proficiency of preand
post-12 year’s language learning (in mono-, bi-, tri-, quadra- or multi-,
lingualism) such as age, brain function, individual differences, ambience
differences; social, political, economic background and how to regard the language.
The idea that bilingualism after the critical period (around the age of 12) could not
be as that of the childhood has been gained weight, due to the system differences
between two languages, especially the difficulties in intoning and pronouncing.

Research paper thumbnail of The pronunciation of English acronyms in Turkish

Journal of Language and Linguistics Studies, 2021

Acronym is a very important word derivation mechanism usually applied to the new names of private... more Acronym is a very important word derivation mechanism usually applied to the new names of private or public institutions and they can be used to shorten the names of people, places, or institutions. This linguistic opportunity, which can be found in every language of the world, is quite useful in terms of its easiness and economic use of the languages. It provides the people ease of language use with reducing the length of some nouns and phrases and helping to memorize them. It functions as phonemic and graphemic shortening. In Turkish, there are a great number of domestic acronyms (e.g. ÖSYM, PTT, and TBMM) and English/international ones as well (e.g. BBC, NATO, and NASA). The purpose of this study is to reveal if the Turkish speakers (L1) will prefer the articulation of English acronyms as in English or as in Turkish. A qualitative research method was preferred with using a quantitative data collection tool. 24 sentences, in each one was embedded an acronym, were prepared and given to 24 participants who were newly registered students (at the university). This study shows that these students pronounced nearly all of the acronyms as in English rather than Turkish. This is probably because they deem English more prestigious. The other reason might be that there is no consistency (or willingness) in terms of the utilisation of English acronyms among the public agencies alongside with the mass media and official institutions in Turkey.

Research paper thumbnail of The Difficulty of English Adverbial Constructions for the Foreign Learners

Batman University Journal of Life Sciences, 2017

ÖZ Bu çalışmanın amacı İngilizce zarf yapılarının(cümlecik) yabancı veya ikinci dil öğrenenler iç... more ÖZ Bu çalışmanın amacı İngilizce zarf yapılarının(cümlecik) yabancı veya ikinci dil öğrenenler için ne tür zorluk ya da yük olduğunu aydınlatmaktır. Bu bağlamda, bu yapıların sözdizimsel yapısı araştırıldı. Bu, yapılarını vurgulayarak ve gramer birimi olarak zarf cümleciklerinin sözdizimsel özellikleri araştırılarak yapıldı. İngilizce konuşan dünyada mevcut olan en önemli kitaplar incelendi. Bu bütünce (corpus) analiz, yan cümle olarak sürekli değişen bazı zarf yapıların öğrenenler için cümle işleminde bir sorun olduğunu gösterdi. Yapısındaki değişimlerin yabancı öğrenenler için bir yük olduğu kanıtlandı. Bundan başka, çalışma zarf yapılarının İngiliz dilinin tipolojik sözdizimine ters düştüğünü vurguluyor; yani İngilizcenin kurallı söz dizimi bu işlemler tarafından ihlal ediliyor. Yine sınıflandırmaları, kısaltılmaları ve devrik olmaları yabancı öğrenenler için büyük sıkıntıdırlar. ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to bring to the light what difficulties or burden the English Adverbial Clauses have for foreign language learners (FLLs) or second language learners (SLLs) In this context, the syntactic structure of such grammatical category has been examined. This has been done by examining the syntactic properties of adverbial clauses as grammatical unity by emphasising their structures. The most important books that are available in the English speaking world have been inquired. This corpus analysis has depicted that steadily changing of some adverbial clauses as subordinates is a problem for the learners in sentence processing. The varieties of the construction have proved to be a burden for the foreign learners. Moreover, the study underlines that the adverbial constructions contradict with the typological word order (SVO) of English language i.e. the canonical word order of English is violated through these operations. Again the classifications, the reduction and the inversion of them are great challenges for the foreign learners.

Research paper thumbnail of Türkçede Bazı Dil Bilgisel Kategorilerin Değişimi: Zarf İşlevli Kelimeler

Pamukkale University Journal of Social Sciences Institute, 2021

Öz Bütün diller gibi Türkçenin de değiştiği ve bir değişim süreci içinde olduğu bilinmektedir. Sö... more Öz Bütün diller gibi Türkçenin de değiştiği ve bir değişim süreci içinde olduğu bilinmektedir. Söz konusu değişimin yönü hem sözlü dilden yazılı dile hem de yazılı dilden sözlü dile olmaktadır. Değişimler dil biliminde artsüremli (diachronic) ve eşsüremli (synchronic) olmak üzere iki farklı araştırma yaklaşımıyla incelenmektedir. Nicel veri toplama aracının kullanıldığı bu nitel çalışma eş zamanlı değişim olgusuna odaklanmıştır. Bu betimsel çalışmanın amacı Türkçenin sözlü dilde kullanılan eksiltimlerin yazı diline ne düzeyde yansıdığını tespit etmektir. Bu amaca yönelik olarak Ölçünlü Türkiye Türkçesinde günlük konuşmada kullanımı gittikçe azalan zarf işlevli dört sözcük (daha, beri, kadar ve kere) seçilmiş, bir "dil bilgisel değerlendirme testi" hazırlanmış ve Türk Dili ve Edebiyatı bölümü 4. sınıfta okuyan 24 öğrenciden oluşan katılımcılara uygulanmıştır. Araştırma sonucunda günlük dil kullanımda eksiltilen sözcüklerin işlevinin eklerle sağlandığı belirlenmiştir. Katılımcıların önemli bir kısmının zarf işlevli sözcükleri düşürülmüş tümceleri kabul edebilir eğilimde olduğu gözlenmiştir. Abstract It is known that Turkish, like all languages, has changed and is in a process of change. The direction of the change in question is both from verbal language to written language and from written language to verbal language. Changes are studied in linguistics by two different types of research approaches, namely diachronic and synchronic. This qualitative study using the quantitative data collection tool focused on the phenomenon of synchronic change. The aim of this descriptive study is to reveal to what extend the reductions in verbal Turkish has reflected on written language. For this purpose, four words with adverbial functions (daha, beri, kadar ve kere), whose use in daily speech is gradually decreasing, from everyday language in standard Turkish of Turkey have been chosen, a " grammatical judgement test " has been prepared and applied to sample group that consists of 24 undergraduate students studying in Turkish Language and Literature department. As a result of the research, is has been determined that the functions of these words dropped in daily language use are provided with suffixes. It was observed that a significant part of the participants tended to accept the sentences whose words with adverbial were omitted.

Research paper thumbnail of Can Becoming Bilingualism In The Childhood And Becoming Bilingual Later Be Parallel

Journal of Current Debates in Social Sciences, 2019

In the globalizing world foreign language learning is becoming more and more important. This case... more In the globalizing world foreign language learning is becoming more and more important. This case leads to new developments in language learning research. The purpose of this study is to depict whether the second language learning would occur better in the childhood or later. In other words to investigate the question of in which period of bilingualism it will be better. In order to answer this question, important sources in the linguistic field, related to the topic, were highlighted. The important researches and theories mentioned in the literature have been examined, evaluated, information about the first and second language learning has been given and the subject has been discussed from the scientific point of view. In this context, it has been understood that many reasons exist affecting the level of proficiency of pre-and post-, bi-, tri-, quadra-or multilingualism sm) such as age, brain function, individual differences, ambience differences; social, political, economic background and how to regard the language. The idea that bilingualism after the critical period (around the age of 12) could not be as that of the childhood has been gained weight, due to the system differences between two languages, especially the difficulties in intoning and pronouncing.

Research paper thumbnail of Fransızca Dil Bilgisinin Yapı Taşları

Kriter Yayınevi, 2023

Fransızca günümüzde birinci dil olarak 81 milyon, ikinci dil olarak 229 milyon, toplamda 310 mily... more Fransızca günümüzde birinci dil olarak 81 milyon, ikinci dil olarak 229 milyon, toplamda 310 milyon insan tarafında konuşulmaktadır. 20. yy'ın ortalarına kadar Türkiye'de geçerli olan ve sonuç itibariyle Türkçeyi birinci elden etkileyen bir dil konumundaydı. Günümüzde farklı nedenlerden dolayı etkin konumunu İngilizceye bırakmasa da halihazırda Türkçede kullanılan çok sayıda Fransızca sözcük mevcuttur (pijama, jilet, kanepe, gişe (bankadaki), poşet, antre, apartman, vestiyer, patoz, fritöz... vb.).

Research paper thumbnail of What Place Does Monitor Theory Occupy in Second Language Acquisition Today?

Linguistics: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, 2022

The target of Second- Language Acquisition (SLA), emerged in the second half of the 20th century,... more The target of Second- Language Acquisition (SLA), emerged in the second half of the 20th century, was to be helpful in foreign- language education/ teaching. It denotes mostly the study of individuals (or sometimes groups) who are learning a language consequent to learning their first language when they are young children. At the same time, it signifies the process of learning a second language. The added language is named a second language, but it might indeed be the third, fourth or more which is going to be acquired. The range of SLA comprises informal Second- Language Learning occurring in natural milieus, formal second- language learning occurring in classroom or the one that contains a combination of them both, that is, settings and conditions. The three main aspects for the study of SLA process are the linguistic, psychological and social aspects. The Monitor Theory/ Model postulated by Krashen in the 1970s is a psychological approach in nature. With its five hypotheses (The Acquisition– Learning Hypothesis, The Monitor Hypothesis, The Natural Order Hypothesis, The Input Hypothesis, and The Affective Filter Hypothesis), it tries to find answers to the problems of SLA, such as what does a second- language learner come to know, how the acquisition process takes place, and why some learners are more successful than others? The Monitor Theory (MT) received extensively many criticisms after its appearance and was rejected. Its teaching implications were also at the centre of criticisms. What place does MT occupy in SLA today? This study aims to try to find an answer. The other questions are: How important is the MT for SLA? What kind of criticisms are expressed against it? How fair is the criticism by McLaughlin (1978, 1987)? The working hypotheses of the present work are: The hypotheses developed by Krashen are not/ will not be rejected. Because science is still lying in the so- called agony phase, and cannot find any answers to all questions in psychology (e.g. how exactly is the processing of language; in particular and of mind in general). Moreover, the problems related to memory etc., the thoughts emanated from the MT can probably not be refuted. They have evolved so far and will be evolved further, perhaps with small differences. This research is completely based on the literature written since the time the theory was developed. In other words, it was carried out using a descriptive method without using a special data collection tool. The sources written on the subject were reviewed and an answer to the research questions was tried to be found. Even though the theory is expressed with different names and different meanings today, it has survived all the criticisms made, and it has been concluded that it still occupies an important place in the discipline of second- language acquisition (SLA) and foreign- language teaching. Again, the inquiries carried out since the 1970s delineate that the implications in favour of language education are not very different from those stated by Krashen (1982), which were the products of his opinions in that period. There are still basic consequences grounded on MT for language teaching today.

Research paper thumbnail of Bir Çırpıda ve Detayda Türkçe Açıklamalı İngilizce Gramer

Paradigma Akademi Yayınları, 2020

En çok kullanılan ve günlük hayattan örnek cümleler seçilmeye gayret gösterilmiştir. Konunun iyi ... more En çok kullanılan ve günlük hayattan örnek cümleler seçilmeye gayret gösterilmiştir. Konunun iyi anlaşılmasını sağlayan açıklamalar yapılmıştır. Bunun doğal sonucu olarak sözcükler de A1,A2,B1 düzeylerini aşmamaktadır. Gereken yerlerde ek bilgiler (mesela Türkçe-İngilizce karşılaştırmalı dil bilgisel özellikler) dikkate sunularak gramere ait bir sorunun iyi anlaşılması için dil bilim bağlantıları kurulmuştur. Yabancı kaynaklara göre hazırlanmamış ve yabancıların bakış açısıyla anlatılamayan bir dil bilgisi yaratılmaya çalışılmıştır.

Research paper thumbnail of Kurdische Märchen: Ein Stück des indo-europäischen Kulturerbes

epubli, 2018

Die Märchen sind eins des wichtigsten Kulturerbes der Menschheit. Sie sind eine Produktion des Me... more Die Märchen sind eins des wichtigsten Kulturerbes der Menschheit. Sie sind eine Produktion des Menschengehirnes. Sie trägen die Spuren von tausend Jahren. Es gibt gemeinsame Elemente in ganzen Märchen auf der Welt. Meiner Meinung nach gibt es mehr Gemeinsamkeiten in den Märchen der Völker, deren Sprachfamilien gleich sind, da die Sprache und das Märschen aus derselben Quelle sprudeln. Diesbezüglich habe ich mehrere gleiche Punkte in den deutschen und kurdischen Märchen gefunden(siehe Einführung) wie z.B. die gleichen Personen, Gegenständen, Ereignissen usw.
Stößen die Märchen die Grenze des Denkens? Sind sie nur die Produktion der menschlichen Phantasie oder vermitteln sie uns die Wirklichkeit über das weltliche Leben? Was ist das Märchen? Warum benötigen die Menschen die Märchen? Dieses Buch, das jetzt in ihren Händen liegt, besteht aus den zehn Märchen, die ich selbe gesammelt habe. Mein Ziel war, dass die kurdischen Märchen nicht verloren gehen und in die Weltliteratur eingehen. Die kurdischen Märchen sind von Indio-europäischem Kulturerbe. Das Buch is in einer klare Sprache geschrieben, somit jede kann es verstehen. Und für jedes Märchen ist mit einem Bild, insgesamt 22, illustrieret und Bedeutungsgemäß platziert.

Research paper thumbnail of Dile Genel Bakış ve Dillerin Karşılaştırılması

Cinius Yayınları, 2018

Linguistik araştırmalar insanın ilk kelimeyi çıkarması için 2 milyon yıl kadar bir zaman geçirdiğ... more Linguistik araştırmalar insanın ilk kelimeyi çıkarması için 2 milyon yıl kadar bir zaman geçirdiğini belirtir. Teori ve varsayımların dışında ileri sürülebilecek kanıtlar eski canlı kemikleri, insanların tarihte kullandıkları araç gereçler, mağaralara ve kayalara çizilen resimler ve bazı fosillerdir. Günümüzde yaklaşık 6.000 dil vardır. Dünyada yaşayan her insanın, her grubun, hatta medeniyetin ulaşmadığı Afrika ve Avusturalya kıtalarındaki her kabilenin bir doğal dili vardır. Peki dil bu güne gelinceye kadar nasıl bir evrim geçirdi? Hangi biyolojik, psikolojik, sosyolojik, ontolojik ve teolojik faktör veya faktörler insanın bir dile sahip olmasını mümkün kıldı? Yeryüzündeki tüm dillerin kökeni aynı mıdır? Başlangıçta bir dil mi yoksa bir kaç tane dil mi vardı? Dil, insan genetikleri yoluyla mı sonraki nesillere aktarılır? Bugün dilleri birbiriyle karşılaştırılmak ne kadar mümkündür? Bunun bilimsel araçları nelerdir? Elinizdeki bu kitabın amacı dilin tarihsel ve şimdiki durumunu genel bir bakış çerçevesinde incelemek ve dillerin birbirleriyle ne kadar karşılaştırılabileceğini örneklerle anlatmaktır. Özellikle yabancı dil öğretmenlerine önerilir. Bir de herkesin anlayabileceği, severek okuyabileceği bilgileri içerir. Dilbilimin derin bilgilerine gerek yoktur. Linguistikte okuyan öğrenciler için 5, 6 ve 7. bölümlerde oldukça faydalı bilgiler yer almaktadır. Bu bölümlerde bazı dilbilimsel konular işlendi. Fakat herkesin ve her tabakadan insanın kavrayabileceği biçimde verildi. Yine kitapta şunlar aydınlatıcı olmaktadır: Okumayı kolaylaştıran şemalar, tablolar ve resimler; anlamayı kolaylaştırmak ve daha fazla bilgi için bazı referanslar; dilbiliminin öncülerinden sayılan dilbilimcilerden verilen İngilizce ve Türkçe alıntılar; bazı konular anlatılırken bilgileri madde şeklinde sıralamak; dilbiliminde hiçbir ön bilgiye sahip olmadan herkesin kolayca anlayabileceği bir dilin kullanılması; genel kavramlar için kitabın sonuna eklenen bir ek sözlük. Ayrıca aktarılan dilbilimsel açıklamalar, tanımlamalar ve araştırmalar dallar arası bir açıdan ele alınmıştır.

Research paper thumbnail of The Acquisition of English Relative Clauses by German and Turkish Speakers

Freie Universität Berlin-UB, 2016

The dissertation is a contrastive analysis. It deals with the acquisition of English relative cla... more The dissertation is a contrastive analysis. It deals with the acquisition of English relative clause (RC) by German and Turkish students(in Germany and Turkey) learning English as a second and third language and attending the 11th grades of a German school. The main question of the study is to find out whether the acquisition of English RCs is more difficult for German or for Turkish learners. The other study is the corpus analysis of the English relative clauses. For this research I have chosen various school books from the fields such as History, Chemistry and Literature. The target is to find out how often the English relative clauses are used. They are from the same school level (11th grade) where I have applied the tests. I wanted to know which difficulties exists for the students. Moreover the frequency of English relative clauses in the school books has been given.

Research paper thumbnail of Benefits of Bilingualism on an Individual Basis

International Symposium on Engineering, Natural and Social Sciences, 2021

Abstract: Bilingualism is expressed by scientists as the ability to use two languages at the same... more Abstract: Bilingualism is expressed by scientists as the ability to use two languages at the same time (writing or speaking). The question 'What individual profits does bilingualism provide?' is the essance of this research. In order to answer this question, a literature review was conducted on the field and an answer was tried to be found. Therefore, this study was carried out based on the data obtained from the literature review. In this respect, the current research is a qualitative research. Attention is drawn to the fact that childhood bilingualism is more robust and stable than adult bilingualism in terms of using the four abilities (decoding: hearing and reading; encoding: writing and speaking). This academic study revealed that Bilingualism at the individual level provides good cognitive development. Again, It has been understood that it is possible to talk about the benefits such as better understanding and solving mathematical problems and performing more complicated tasks; being faster and sharper in processing the outside world; having a better concrete and abstract thinking ability; better logical inference; focusing and solving problems; having better recall power; having the ability to learn other languages more easily...etc. On the other hand, the rapidly developing fMR technology (brain film) recently provides us with tremendous evidence of the brain benefits of Bilingualism.

Research paper thumbnail of On The Trace of Influence of Native Language in the Compositions of Those learning English as a foreign Language

SADAB 10th International Conference on Social Researches and Behavioral Sciences October 29-31, 2021/ Antalya, Turkey, 2021

Second language learning occurs in directed or undirected settings. While learning takes place in... more Second language learning occurs in directed or undirected settings. While learning takes place in situations where two languages meet, it is unavoidable that mistakes will mostly occur as a result of encountering of the two language systems. Errors occur in three ways: Pro-active ones (from the source language to the target language), retro-active (from the target language to the source language) or interim language. Our hypothesis in this research is: Since English is a language that is not learned in childhood, certain mistakes will be the result of the mother tongue system; because the translation from Turkish into English in verbal or written production (encoding) is done consciously or subconsciously. The sample group of the study is 17 students learning English as a foreign language and whose source language is Turkish; they already passed the English Language and Literature Undergraduate Preparatory Class and started the first year. The target of this scientific research is to see whether there are errors arising from the mother tongue in the compositions of the subject group;
if there are any, is to determine whether these errors are mostly caused by words or syntax. For this purpose, they were asked to write a 250 word composition in English (about climate change or selfexplanatory) and analyses were carried out by determining what percentage of the total number of words the mistakes made up, at the mentioned levels. In this connection, a qualitative research type was conducted using quantitative data. Although different types of errors were detected in the evaluation of the findings, it was seen that mostly errors were made at the word level. It has been observed that 17.04% of all errors have the characteristics of the native language system.