Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: In the classification of Turkey Turkishdialects, there has many branches such as geographical boundaries andsubdivisions. Various opinions were put forward by the researchers for thegeneral classification of the dialects, but the subject was not at the completionstage. “Anadolu Ağızlarının Sınıflandırılması” provided the classification ofthe Anatolian dialect and pioneered the guidance for other dialect regions.Dialect geography of Turkey Turkish include main regions which some of them areexact and other parts are controversial. Rumelia, Anatolia, Cyprus, Syria, Iraqcan be specified as main dialect regions. Rumelia main dialect region aredivided into dialectal sub-regions such as Eastern Rumelia and Western Rumelia.Western Rumelia is examined in the direction of the characteristics of GyulaNémeth. Existing studies for Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina areinadequate. New studies are needed in the light of the latest ideas and methodsfor the various places of the study countries. The well-known sections ofWestern Rumelia are Kosovo, Macedonia and Bulgaria. On the map, the northernand western parts of Western Rumelia remain outside these countries. Here inthe western part of the field studies in Montenegro with many new informationbegan to emerge. In order to identify sub-groups within Rumelia, /k/ > /ç/and /g/ > /c/ sound changes at the front vowel order, the preservation ofthe front vowel order /k/ and /g/ sounds, the establishment of the presenttense with {-[A]y} and the establishment of the present tense with {-Ar}/{- r}can be used. Thus, several groups can be separated and specified in thesub-region. Florina and its vicinity can be considered in the Western Rumeliageography.
Author: Alpay İĞCİ
Institution: Usak University
Language: English
Subfield: Language and Linguistics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W2947190835