Vocabulary in the speech texts of prime minister, Necmettin Erbakan

In this study, it is aimed to determine vocabulary elements in the speeches of Prof. Dr. Necmettin Erbakan, one of our former prime ministers, in order to analyze his speeches during his prime ministry term. Within the scope of the study, nineteen speech texts are analysed totally under the titles of General Assembly of Parliamentary and the Party Group Speeches. The speech texts are examined within the framework of the determined analysis and the vocabulary elements determined as a result of the analysis are classified.Vocabulary elements in the text are analysed under eight titles as proverbs, idioms, formulaic expression , term meaning, stereotypes, repetition phrases, slang and foreign word usage. In addition to this, the humorous expressions in his speeches are examined. Speeches of the Party Group and General Assembly of the Parliament are determined separately under the vocabulary elements they contain. However, only one of the repeated vocabulary elements that are used under the same main title is received. In this study, the languages which the words belong to originally are determined. On the other hand, 129 idioms, 146 terms, fourty-eight repetition phrases, eighty formulaic expressions, nine stereotypes, three slang expressions and one proverb are determined under two main titles. Moreover, it is resulted that twenty expressions thought to be humorous are also used.