A Dictionary Of Turkish Verbs ─ In Context And By Theme

This reference work for all levels of native English-speaking students of Turkish, and for self-motivated learners and travelers features some 1,000 key verbs considered critical to social interaction and cultural understanding. The book emphasizes colloquial, everyday speech, with up-to-date Turkish vocabulary that expresses basic needs and wishes in the most common situations in Turkish-speaking environments. The detailed Turkish-English dictionary is followed by four supplemental sections: a concise English-Turkish index, Turkish verbs by theme, 250 proverbs found in the Turkish-English dictionary, and Turkish verb-forming suffixes. Each definition in the main dictionary includes information regarding lexicography, grammar, and usage, and cross-references to synonyms, antonyms, and otherwise related verbs. Jaecket teaches at UCLA; Erciyes teaches at the Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Ralph Jaeckel is senior lecturer emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at University of California, Los Angeles.

Gulnur Doganata Erciyes is assistant professor in the Department of General Cultural Courses, Izmir Institute of Technology, Izmir, Turkey.