Intrinsic Difficulties in Learning Common Greek-Originated English Words: The Case of Pluralization

Bir dilin kökeni hakkında bilgi sahibi olmak, o dilin tarihi arka planı hakkında saptamalar yapmamıza yardımcı olmaktadır. Toplumsal bir sistem olarak dil, bağlı olduğu toplum, teknolojik değişimlere uğradığı ve öğrendiği sürece, sürekli olarak gelişime açık yapıdadır. Diğer tüm diller gibi, İngilizce de birçok farklı dilden kökensel olarak etkilenmiştir. Bu bağlamda, kökeni Anglo-Saksonlara dayanan İngilizce'deki çoğu kelimenin kökeninin, modern kültür yapısından oldukça etkilendiği Latin ve Yunan dillerine dayandığı bilinmektedir. Bu çalışmada, bu şekilde türetilen kelimelere ve Yabancı Dil Olarak İngilizce öğrenenlerin bu kelimeleri öğrenmede karşılaşılan yapısal güçlüklere değinilmiştir. Özel ilgi alanı olarak da, bu kelimelerin çoğullaştırma sorunsalı belirlenmiştir. Bu nedenle, bu makalenin yazarı İngilizce'nin tarihsel gelişim sürecini ve kökenbilimsel temellerini dilbilimsel bakış açısıyla ele almıştır. Sonuç olarak, yaygın olarak kullanımda olan ve çoğullaştırmada sorun teşkil eden Yunanca kökenli kelimeler ve bu kelimelerin çoğul yapılarının öğrenilmesinde yaşanılan yapısal güçlüklere birtakım çözüm önerileri getirilmiştir.

Yaygın Olarak Kullanılan Yunanca Kökenli İngilizce Kelimelerin Öğreniminde Karşılaşılan Yapısal Güçlükler: Çoğullaştırma Sorunsalı

Knowing the origin of a language helps us to determine the historical background of that language. As language itself is such a system of a society that is continuously evolving as that aforementioned society learns and technologically develops along with its roots or origins. Like many other languages, English is also a language that has roots or origins in many different languages. In this sense, the English language, rooted as Anglo-Saxon, is known to derive most of its words from the Latin and Greek languages by whose modern cultures, it is assumed to be affected most. In this study, this derivation of words and the intrinsic difficulties probable to occur for English as a Foreign Language learners (hereafter EFLs) with a special interest upon the case of pluralization are scrutinized. That is why it is enlightened by the author of this paper within the scope of the historical background, the etymology of the English language within a linguistic perspective. As a result, the most common and confusing plural forms of Greek-originated English words, and some curing methods are defined. © 2015 JLLS and the Authors - Published by JLLS

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