CONTRASTIVE GRAMMAR OF A TWO UNRELATED LANGUAGES (“CONTRASTIVE GRAMMAR OF TURKISH AND MACEDONIAN LANGUAGE” BY MARIJA LEONTIK)

Abstract

The textbook “Contrastive Grammar of Turkish and Macedonian” by Marija Leontik was published in 2018. This textbook is primarily intended for the subject The Contrastive Analysis of Turkish and Macedonian language, which is mandatory for students in the first semester of the Group for Turkish Language and Literature at the Faculty of Philology, University “Goce Delchev” in Stip. The content of the grammar for both languages ​​is presented in 220 pages divided mainly into three basic chapters: Phonetics and Phonology, Morphology and Morphosyntax and Syntax, and at the end of the Grammar are added dictionaries for grammar and linguistic terms in Turkish – Macedonian – English language and in Macedonian – Turkish – English language. The textbook also includes content, preface, list of abbreviations used in the textbook, used literature and biography of the author, and each basic chapter is further divided into several essential titles and subtitles in the field of writing.

Keywords: Contrasting grammar of Turkish and Macedonian, agglutinative language, inflectional language, teaching, dictionaries, students.