Karamanoğlu Mehmetbey Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi

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At the beginning of the article, there should be an Abstract at least 200 and 250 words in English. Abstract should be written with Times New Roman, 10 font size, Justified, with paragraph indented (1,25 cm). Objectives, methods, findings and conclusion information must be kept in the abstracts. References should not be included and abbreviations should not be used. The content should not contradict with the Turkish abstract as it will be compared by the language editor. The long vocal is the subject of constant research by Turkologists and various research has been conducted on this subject. In the variation of Turkish used in Turkey, there is no long vocal in words of Turkish origin. The Turkish Language Institution clearly stated this in the Turkish Dictionary (Türkçe Sözlük) and Spelling Guide (Yazım Kılavuzu) published in 2011. This study consists of two parts. The first part focuses on the use of the long vocal in the Turkish Dictionary (Türkçe Sözlük), while the second part discusses the use of the circumflex in the Turkish Dictionary (Türkçe Sözlük). The Turkish Dictionary (Türkçe Sözlük) explains that long vocals are not indicated by any symbol or mark in a text. At the beginning of a word entry in the dictionary, this situation is shown with a colon (:) in the explanation of the word to indicate that words taken from Eastern languages have long vocals in their origins. The use of long vocals in these words is absent in both the Spelling Guide (Yazım Kılavuzu) and the Turkish Dictionary (Türkçe Sözlük), yet a long vocal presence has been retained in pronunciation. In the Turkish Dictionary (Türkçe Sözlük), a circumflex (^) is used on vocals should be long. Until recently, the term “hat” was preferred as a synonym for the circumflex. Today, this word is also rarely used. Unfounded news about the removal of the circumflex was recently made public; however, this symbol has not been removed by the Turkish Language Authority (Türk Dil Kurumu). The circumflex is preferred by the Turkish Language Authority with certain criteria: it is to be used on long vocals that distinguish words whose spelling is the same but whose meaning and pronunciation are separate. A number of words from Persian Arabic and Persian in Turkish use soft g or k consonants after the vowels a and u; the circumflex is used to prevent the relative suffix from being confused with the denotative and possessive suffix. In the present study, long vowels that are not shown in the word entry are handled as they are given in the Turkish Dictionary (Türkçe Sözlük) and the circumflex is classified according to the criteria set in the Spelling Guide (Yazım Kılavuzu).