Phrase-Meaning Relationship According to Situational and Incidental Texts 1 - Comparative Syntax Study

Oct 15, 2026

The study presents a comparative syntax analysis of two literary works: Sait Faik Abasıyanık’s “Alemdağ’da Var Bir Yılan” as a situational story and Refik Halid Karay’s “Boz Eşek” as an incidental story. Using a qualitative case study design, it applies document analysis to identify meaningful units in sentences by syntax and naming their terms based on grammar literature. Results compare term meanings both qualitatively and quantitatively on deep-structure grounds.

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Phrase-Meaning Relationship According to Situational and Incidental Texts 1 Mustafa Volkan Coskuni Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Mugla Perihan Gulce Ozkayaii Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Mugla Zeynep Ezgi Uysaliii Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Mugla Abstract The purpose of the current study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the situational story of Sait Faik Abasıyanık entitled as “Alemdağ’da Var Bir Yılan” and the incidental story of Refik Halid Karay entitled as“Boz Eşek” in terms of syntax on the basis of their deep structures. The current study employed case study, one of the qualitative research methods. Within the context of the study, the situational story of Sait Faik Abasıyanık called “Alemdağ’da Var Bir Yılan” was analyzed in comparison with the incidental story of Refik Halid Karay called “Boz Eşek” in terms of syntax on the basis of their deep structures. Therefore, document analysis technique was considered to be suitable for data collection. The sentences in the texts used in the current study were analyzed in terms of syntax and the meaningful units in these sentences were found and named according to their meanings. These meaningful units were named by using the names of the terms explained in grammar books. The results were qualitatively and quantitatively compared on the basis of the term and the meaning. Keywords: Syntax, deep structure, surface structure, sentence analysis i Mustafa Volkan Coskun, Prof. Dr., Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Faculty of Education . ii Perihan Gulce Ozkaya, Res . Asist., Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Faculty of Education . Correspondence: [ozkayagulce@gmail.com](ozkayagulce@gmail.com) iii Zeynep Ezgi Uysal, Res . Asist., Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Faculty of Education . 1 This research was presented as a oral presentation in the 3rd International Eurasia Educational Research Congress held in 1-3 June 2016 (EJER2016). Introduction Syntax that is shaped within the internal world of a language is of great importance in terms of both the meaning and order; thus, meaning and order are two basic elements complementing each other. In the construction of a sentence, the trio of skill-mind-reason operates in a synchronized manner and these have tobe in harmony. In case of lack of harmony, sentences cannot be constructed in line with the demands of a language and meaning-syntax relationship cannot be established. Each language has its own unique syntactical rules. The syntactical rules of the world languages included in different language families differ from each other and these rules have been elicited through the studies focusing on particular languages. Similarly, in the Turkish language, there have been many studies conducted on syntax of sentences. For this purpose, there are different studies focusing on grammar. In such studies, meaningful units constituted bywords or phrases making up a sentence were separated and these separated meaningful units have been attempted to be named with the names of the terms such as subject, indirect object, adverbial clause, direct object and verb in line with the logic of question-answer. In such studies, almost always written materials have been used. And almost all of these materials are literary texts. In our country, the studies exploring the syntax of Turkish language are usually presented in a limited context in the syntax sections of Turkish grammar textbooks. There is hardly any book focusing solely on the syntax. Moreover, in such studies, sentences are divided into structures that are considered tobe units and these units are named with the names of the terms. These studies have been focusing on the surface structure in line with the logic of question-answer. The path followed in these studies does not allow eliciting deep meanings. In this regard, students taking grammar education have difficulties in finding the borders of the units of a sentence and frequently commit errors in syntact

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What is the main purpose of the study?

To conduct a comparative analysis of syntax in two stories based on their deep structures and phrase-meaning relationships.

Which research method and data collection approach are used?

A qualitative case study design is used, with document analysis selected as the data collection technique.

How are meaningful units in the sentences identified?

Sentences are analyzed in terms of syntax, meaningful units are found, and they are named according to grammar-book terminology.

Oct 15, 2026

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