Encyclopedia of Turkic Languages and Linguistics Online

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The Encyclopedia of Turkic Languages and Linguistics is a unique and comprehensive reference work, offering a systematic treatment of the Turkic languages from Old Turkic to the languages and varieties spoken today. Written by renowned authorities in the field, the Encyclopedia provides authoritative information on all aspects of the languages, today and in the past, from many different angles, as well as on the way these languages have been studied. It offers a synthesis of the research in the field of Turkic linguistics and provides up-to-date bibliographical coverage. As such, it is the most important reference source for knowledge on Turkic languages.

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Schütz, Ödön

(859 words)

Author(s): Vásáry, István
Ödön (Edmond) Schütz (b. 1916–d. 1999) was a Hungarian linguist, philologist, Turcologist, and Armenologist.He was born in Budapest on March 29, 1916. He matriculated at the Budapest University where he studied Hungarian and German, and it was themes of Turkic philology and early Hungarian history that particularly appealed to him. Among his teachers were the eminent professors Zoltán Gombocz (Hungarian linguistics), Miklós Zsirai (Finno-Ugric linguistics), Gyula Németh (Turcology), and Lajos Ligeti (…
Source: Encyclopedia of Turkic Languages and Linguistics Online
Date: 2023-08-14

Second Language Acquisition and Turkish

(5,754 words)

Author(s): Gürel, Ayşe
1. IntroductionSecond language (L2) acquisition refers to the attainment of a non-primary language. In other words, it is the acquisition of a language beyond the native or first language (L1) (Gass & Selinker 2008: 1). As such, L2 acquisition research typically explores issues pertaining to L2 attainment in adult learners, whose first L2 exposure begins after puberty. In this context, certain conceptual distinctions have been proposed in the literature. For example, ‘acquisition’ versus …
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Date: 2023-08-14

Second Language Teaching and Turkish

(3,152 words)

Author(s): Micallef, Roberta
1. ​Turkey Forthcoming. 2. United States 2.1. The Foundations of the Field In the US, commerce, missionary activity, and later a perception of national security needs, seem to be the primary motivators for instruction in Ottoman and later Turkish. American merchants engaged in commerce with the Ottoman Empire as far back as the colonial days. In 1767 ships from America were already traveling to Ottoman ports (Howard 1976: 291–292). Smyrna figs were sold in Boston in 1785. In 1774 the Treaty Commission…
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Date: 2023-08-14

Secret Languages

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Author(s): Hayasi, Tooru
A secret language can be defined as a language or linguistic variety with which a group of people disguise their speech from outsiders. According to such a simple definition, every language should be identified as a secret language when it is used in front of its non-speakers by people with the intention to disguise. For example, bilingual speakers may switch from one of their languages to the other in front of monolinguals to camouflage their conversation. Yet, in the ordinary usage of t…
Source: Encyclopedia of Turkic Languages and Linguistics Online
Date: 2023-08-14