ABSTRACT

Turkish: An Essential Grammar is a concise, user-friendly guide to the most important structures of contemporary Turkish. Presenting a fresh and accessible description of the language, this engaging grammar uses clear, jargon-free explanations offering practical guidance on understanding and constructing words and sentences correctly.

chapter Chapter 1|11 pages

The alphabet and pronunciation

chapter Chapter 2|11 pages

Spelling and punctuation

chapter Chapter 3|15 pages

Forming words and compounds

chapter Chapter 4|23 pages

The noun and the noun phrase

chapter Chapter 5|12 pages

Adjectives, determiners, quantifiers

chapter Chapter 6|9 pages

Numerals and numerical expressions

chapter Chapter 7|17 pages

Adverbials

chapter Chapter 8|12 pages

Postpositional phrases

chapter Chapter 9|19 pages

Pronouns

chapter Chapter 10|11 pages

Conjunctions

chapter Chapter 11|4 pages

Basic sentence structure

chapter Chapter 12|7 pages

Person marking in sentences

chapter Chapter 14|7 pages

Nominal sentences

chapter Chapter 15|14 pages

Verbal sentences

chapter Chapter 16|17 pages

The verb form

chapter Chapter 17|15 pages

Modality

chapter Chapter 18|19 pages

Questions

chapter Chapter 19|10 pages

Word order and intonation

chapter |12 pages

Relative clauses

chapter |14 pages

Noun clauses

chapter |15 pages

Adverbial clauses

chapter |6 pages

Conditional sentences

chapter |10 pages

Conversational features