A contribition to derleme sözlüğü from velimeşe dialect

Abstract

Dialectology studies have important places amon Turkology studies. Along with the written language, dialects must be documented as they help us to understand the present situation of the language and they bear traces from the old Turkic dialcets. With the dialectology studies started in the middle of 19th century the vocabulary of the most areas in Turkey have been determined and published as a book with the tit- le Türkiye de Halk Ağzından Derleme Sözlüğü. Derleme sözlüğü still preserves its importance for dialectology studies. However, thare are many places whose vocabu- lary have not been documented, and it is compulsory that Derleme sözlüğü must be completed in terms of vocabulary of Turkish dialects. In the present study, the vocabulary of Velieşme, which is a town of Çorlu, Tekirdağ, which are not found in Derleme Sözlüğü have been determined. By doing so an im- portant contribution will made to Derleme Sözlüğü