Research
Leonard Bloomfields View of Structuralism and Linguistics
Leonard Bloomfield is accused of neglecting the meaning of Language and focusing on its structural aspect only. The present paper is an attempt to clarify Bloomfield’s understanding of linguistics. This is done by means of studying his views of structuralism and linguistics.
Morphological and Lexical Contrastive Analysis of Turkish and English
This study explores the differences and similarities between Turkish and English in the areas of morphology and lexical meaning. The discussion leads to different major conclusions. Personal endings(-im(I),-sin(you/singular),-dir(he,she,it),-iz(we),-siniz(you/plural),-ler(they) which stand for (Be) and (NP subject) in Turkish are attached to nouns and adjectives as the following examples:Ben Ŏğretmenim /ben əʊretmenım/ ((- im) attached to noun)I + teacher +personal suffix stands for Be (-im) (I am ateacher)BenHastay׀m /ben hæstæjəm/ ((- m) attached to adjective)I + sick+(y) buffer sound between two vowels+personal suffix stands for Be(-im) (I am sick) Ben (I) in both examples could be omitted without changing the meaning because of the personal endings as follows: Ŏğretmenim / əʊretmenım/ teacher +personal suffix (-im) stands for Be and the subject (I am a teacher) The personal endings stated above are attached to the word "değil" /deɣıl/(not) to make the present tense "Be" negative as the following example: Ben hasta değilim/ben hæstæ deɣılım/ I +sick +negative morpheme (değil)+personal suffix stands for Be (-im) (I am not sick.) Such conclusions are helpful in language teaching materials, syllabuses and test construction.
