A student grammar of Turkish / F. Nihan Ketrez.

Text in English and Turkish.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Student Grammar of Turkish is a concise introduction to Turkish grammar, designed specifically for English-speaking students and professionals. Written with the needs of the learner very much in mind, it sets out the grammar of the language in a clear and jargon-free style. The book not only explains the fundamentals of the grammar, but also tests students' understanding in an interactive way with more than 200 exercises. Key grammar points are summarised in tables and there are numerous illustrative examples. A list of grammatical terms used in the book and a key to all the exercises are also provided. This essential grammar and exercise book can be used as a supplement for students studying the language, with a dual function as a reference guide to look up grammar points, and as a resource from which exercises can be set and language skills practised.

Cover; A Student Grammar of Turkish; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Conventions used in the book; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 The sounds of Turkish; 2.1 Vowels; 2.2 Long vowels; 2.3 Consonants; 2.4 Vowel harmony; 2.5 Exceptions to vowel harmony; 2.6 Consonant assimilation; 2.7 Final devoicing and k alternation; 2.8 Consonant clusters and epenthetic vowels; 2.9 High vowel omission; 2.10 Consonant doubling; 2.11 Word stress; 2.12 Exceptions to the word-final stress rule; Chapter 3 The noun: an overview; 3.1 Nouns and noun phrases; 3.2 Nominal inflection

3.3 Derivation of nouns3.4 Nominal compounds; Chapter 4 Case markers; 4.1 The locative; 4.2 The dative; 4.3 The ablative; 4.4 The accusative; 4.5 The instrumental / comitative; Chapter 5 Genitive and possessive; 5.1 The genitive; 5.2 Genitive-possessive structures; 5.3 Possessive + var/yok `I have ... '; 5.4 Some special and obligatory uses of the possessive; 5.5 Possessives with quantifier phrases; 5.6 Genitive-possessive construction chains; 5.7 Possessive compounds; Chapter 6 Numerals and plurality; 6.1 Plural with -lAr; 6.2 -lAr with compounds; 6.3 Cardinal numbers; 6.4 bir 'one' or 'a(n)'

6.5 Ordinal numbers6.6 Distributive numbers; 6.7 The time; 6.8 Telephone numbers; 6.9 Dates; 6.10 Age; 6.11 Measuring substances; 6.12 Tane; 6.13 Yar, yarm and other fractions; 6.14 Arithmetical terms; Chapter 7 Existential var / yok; 7.1 Locative and possessive existentials; 7.2 var/yok in subordination; 7.3 var/yok in relative clauses; 7.4 Tense and aspect on var/yok; 7.5 Person markers on var/yok; 7.6 yok vs. değil; Chapter 8 Pronouns; 8.1 Personal pronouns; 8.2 Demonstrative pronouns; 8.3 Locative pronouns; 8.4 Reflexive and reciprocal pronouns; 8.5 şey and insan

Chapter 9 The verb: an overview9.1 Verbal inflection; 9.2 Derivation of verbs; 9.3 Derivation with voice suffixes; 9.4 Converbs -(y)Iver, -(y)Adur, -(y)Akal; 9.5 Verbs with et-, ol-, çek-, at-, and geç-; Chapter 10 -Iyor, the progressive; 10.1 The meaning; 10.2 The form; 10.3 Negative: verb + mA + Iyor; 10.4 Person markers; 10.5 Question mI; 10.6 The -Iyor paradigm; Chapter 11 Future with -(y)AcAK; 11.1 The meaning; 11.2 The form; 11.3 The -(y)AcAKparadigm; 11.4 The pronunciation; 11.5 Future time adverbs; 11.6 Future in nominal sentences witholacak; Chapter 12 Past with -DI and -(y)DI

12.1 The meaning12.2 The form; 12.3 The -DI paradigm; 12.4 Past time adverbs; 12.5 -DI vs. -(y)DIor idi; Chapter 13 -mIş and -(y)mIş; 13.1 The meaning; 13.2 The form; 13.3 The -mIs paradigm; 13.4 -(y)mIş and imiş; Chapter 14 Present tense with the aorist -Ir/-Ar; 14.1 The meaning and use; 14.2 The form; 14.3 Negative; 14.4 The aorist paradigm; Chapter 15 -mAktA and -DIr; Chapter 16 Imperative and optative; Chapter 17 Compound tenses; 17.1 -Iyor + -(y)DI, the past progressive; 17.2 -Arl-lr + -(y)DI, 'used to/would otherwise'; 17.3 -(y)AcAK ± -(y)DI, 'was going to'

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