The comparative syntax study of Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's novels: Sahnenin Dışindakiler and Aydaki Kadın

Language is the most effective means of communication between people. The structure and syntax of a language are significant factors for a nation to have a meaningful dialogue, because a nation's thinking and self-expression is related to the structure of the language. The structure of a language is revealed with all its features in the produced works. The characteristics, structure, culture of a language reflected in the works and its development over time can be determined by examining the works of that period. In this study, AhmetHamdiTanpınar'snovels,SahneninDışındakiler (Out of Scene) and AydakiKadın(Women in the Moon), were examined in terms of their syntax. By analyzing these novels,this study aims to find out how sentence elements and word groups in Turkish syntaxare used in literary works. In our study, in the novels mentioned, syntactic elements are examined and examples are given. Our study consists of three parts: In the first chapter, the definitions of word groups are done and examples from novels are given. In the second chapter, parts the sentence are explained and sample sentences are given. In the final chapter, the sentence types are presented with sub-headings and examples from mentioned novels are given. Keywords: Turkish Language, Syntax, Word Groups, Sentence Types Quantity of page: 133 Supervisor: Doç. Dr. Meltem GÜL