ON THE DEFINITION METHOD “hlk.” LABELLED LEXEMES IN THE TURKISH DICTIONARY

Lexicography research in Turkey started systematically in the Republic period. The tradition of lexicography that had been formed until the Republic period became the source for the lexicography studies and enquiries during that period. The studies of lexicology have been enriched by the computer aided studies especially in the West in the last centuries and settled in the theoretical framework. In the studies conducted in Turkey, studies on the theoretical framework are more recent whereas more studies on the field of dictionary writing and practice have been performed. In these studies, certain deficiencies in terms of theoretical aspects are also seen. Besides the lack of lexicography studies in Turkish in general sense, there are fewer theoretical studies on subdialect dictionaries. In order to overcome this deficiency, the number of studies on lexicography and especially subdialect dictionaries, has increased in recent years. A large part of the aforementioned studies is on subdialect dictionaries and methodological errors observed in subdialect dictionaries. In particular, studies on hlk. labelled lexemes in the Turkish Dictionary (TD) are rare. These studies should be developed and compared with the Compilation Dictionary (CD), which makes reference to Turkish dialect dictionaries, and the approaches of both dictionaries in defining the words taken from local subdialects should be put forward. Previously valuable studies have been made on the words borrowed from local subdialects into the Turkish Dictionary. However, the studies in question are not quantitatively adequate. In terms of the development of Turkish lexicography, especially comparative analysis of general dictionaries and subdialect dictionaries is of great importance. For this purpose, in this study, by examining the words borrowed from local subdialects through TD and CD, which are the important dictionaries of the Turkish language we address the issue of definition comparatively which is one of the problems of Turkish lexicography.

Keywords

Turkish lexicography, Turkish Dictionary, Compilation Dictionary, Sub-dialect, Definition.