Research article | Open Access
International Journal of Progressive Education 2019, Vol. 15(4) 200-214
A corpus Study on Narrative Texts in Turkish Language
pp. 200 - 214 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2019.203.15
Publish Date: August 02, 2019 | Single/Total View: 137/860 | Single/Total Download: 180/1.612
Abstract
This study aiming to determine the frequency of use of words in the narrative texts in which the best examples of standard language use are displayed ranks 268 stories compiled from the prominent names of Turkish story-writing. Frequency analyses were made on a corpus of approximately 450 thousand words and the frequency of use of words were tried to be listed according to their lexical categories. The words ranking at a certain percentage (about 2%-4%) were scored. It was observed that general words and grammatically functional words had higher frequencies, and the wordswere used with their antonyms. In terms of Turkish, categorization of words according to their positions in the sentence and their affixations, possible categorization of words in more than one lexical category, and variable meanings which homonyms gain in context were found as the most significant problems in frequency analysis and corpus formation.
Keywords: Turkish, corpus, narrative text, vocabulary teaching.
APA 7th edition
Aydin, I. (2019). A corpus Study on Narrative Texts in Turkish Language. International Journal of Progressive Education, 15(4), 200-214. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2019.203.15
Harvard
Aydin, I. (2019). A corpus Study on Narrative Texts in Turkish Language. International Journal of Progressive Education, 15(4), pp. 200-214.
Chicago 16th edition
Aydin, Ilker (2019). "A corpus Study on Narrative Texts in Turkish Language". International Journal of Progressive Education 15 (4):200-214. https://doi.org/10.29329/ijpe.2019.203.15
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