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A variety of factors can influence the survivability of a language. Namely, in the case of Native American dialects like Siletz, the imposition of imperialist rule over and displacement of indigenous communities can gravely influence the geographic…
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I have begun to write, albeit in a very limited manner, in Turkish. Overall, I believe the longest piece I have produced was around 150-200 words; given that it is possible to convey a point in far fewer words in Turkish than in English, I am fairly…
Nov 10
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I believe that I was fairly on point with my predicted learning plan in relation to how my Turkish learning has materialized. The sole exception to my plan is Quizlet. Specifically, now that I am able to expand beyond the limitations of a college…
Nov 3
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Monthly Language Journal #2 - October

The month of October was highly productive for my language learning. I continued to work on my C-LAC documents and expanded to attempt more difficult sentence structures for my translations. I also attempted to…
Nov 3
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The month of October was highly productive for my language learning. I continued to work on my C-LAC documents and expanded to attempt more difficult sentence structures for my translations. I also attempted to improve my listening comprehension…
Nov 3
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Ian Levy posted a status
My target language, Turkish, is technically an independent language family within a larger super-familial category: Altaic Languages (Devlin 2020). Although Mongolic and Tungusic languages accompany Turkic groups among Altaic Languages, Turkic…
Oct 26
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Cultural Artifact #2 - Cats in Turkey

Although this topic might initially present itself as culturally ambiguous and seemingly irrelevant, the salience and relevance of cats in Turkish culture possesses both historical and religious origins that…
Oct 17
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Upon my introduction to Turkish, the first major cultural item that I was exposed to was tea culture. Specifically, black tea proves to be the overwhelmingly popular choice for tea consumption in Turkish culture ("Culture of Çay (tea), a symbol of…
Oct 6
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Sound, in accords with Grover Hudson's 1999 book, Essential Introductory Linguistics, effectively comprises "the physiological basis of language" that materializes into "vocal sound, phones, and their articulations" (Hudson 1999, 20). In the case of…
Sep 29
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Language Journal #1 - September

Overall, I would say this past month was the best 4-week block of Turkish learning I've had during my entire time learning the language. I met as planned with my language partner on all but one scheduled occasion, as…
Sep 28
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Cultural Artifact #1 - Bir Derdim Var - mor ve ötesi (2004)

One of the best methods I have found to enhance my listening abilities when practicing Turkish has been song. My girlfriend recommended Bir Derdim Var (I have a trouble) by mor ve ötesi…
Sep 27
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Bi-weekly Reflection #2 - 9/9-9/20:

In this period of my Turkish instruction, I finished learning about the present-progressive and started working on the unit recap questions. I additionally worked to create a C-LAC section for my Ottoman history…
Sep 27
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Bi-Weekly Reflection #1 - 8/26-9/6:

During these past two weeks, I worked on reviewing the basics of vowel harmony, questions, adjectives, and present-progressive in Turkish. Due to a month-long hiatus from my language learning in the weeks prior…
Sep 27
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Referencing phonetics, or the most basic information on how sounds are made in language as the core of language learning in Aitchison's Linguistics (Crystal 2006, 182; Aitchison 2010, 9), it is evident that a language learner ought to first…
Sep 23
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In Figuring Foreigners Out, Craig Storti posits that cross-cultural similarities and dissimilarities are categorizable as graded groups. To convey this thought, he designs labels for a particular cultural trait that may cause one unfamiliar with a…
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Sep 15
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My learning plan:

Main Learning Strategies and Frequencies -
Turkish lessons with my language tutor 2x per week
Weekly meetings for C-LAC in Turkish, which accompany my current history course on World War I in the Middle East
Daily exposure to…
Sep 13
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