Morphological and Phonological Transformation of Turkish Loan words in Bosnian Language

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Title

Morphological and Phonological Transformation of Turkish Loan words in Bosnian Language

Author

BASOZ, Hakan
KARAKUZU, Melih

Abstract

Key words:Balkans, Turkish lnaguage. Bosnia, Phonology,Transformation,morphology ABSTRACT The concepts of culture closely interact with the language. The relations between culture and language are two separate aspects. In fact, two different aspects and opinions can be combined; on the one hand language is living and developing in the culture, on the other hand culture exists in the language.Every culture has its langugae, every langugae has its own culture. In relationship between language and culture, the people speak the language which is representing tradition and beliefs as well as information about lifestyle. Therefore, results of the changes in the lifestyle of people, directly affect people's life and language. Interaction betwen languages throughout the history of languages in the Balkan region which is the best known linguistic area of old OttomanTurkish culture for hundreds of years is still functioning. In this paper, based on linguistic relationship generated by Turkish speaking community, morphological and phonological transformation of Turkish loan words in Bosnian language in Bosnia and Herzegovina has been studied by indicating how some words have changed either in form or phonetically.

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PeerReviewed

Publisher

IBU Publishing

Date

2013-05-03

Extent

1789