The lexicon of Türkmen Newspaper language example from literature and Sungat Newspaper

The subject of this study is the vocabulary used in the newspaper Edebiýat we Sungat, published in Turkmenistan. This newspaper was chosen as the subject of the study because it was published both during the Soviet period and the independence period, and particularly because it features news on literature and art. The aim is to identify the vocabulary of Edebiýat we Sungat, one of the oldest and most important newspapers of Turkmen Turkish, and thereby to reveal the words used in the written press language and their frequencies of use. By presenting a list of the most frequently used words specific to this newspaper, it is aimed to obtain a general idea about the press language. In addition, the representation of the vocabulary used in the newspaper in the Türkmen Diliniň Düşündirişli Sözlügi, which was prepared in Turkmenistan after independence, has been questioned. The data were collected from all issues of the newspaper published in 2023. The texts obtained from the online newspaper were converted from PDF to Word format, and errors resulting from copying and typographical mistakes were corrected. Non-standard characters and symbols inconsistent with Turkish orthography were removed. The cleaned texts were then merged into a single file to create a comprehensive general word list. Based on this list, the frequencies of words were calculated and their types identified, determining the number of nouns, verbs, and function words. Additionally, words not included in the list, Russian borrowings, reduplications, and proper names were compiled into separate lists. Furthermore, the newspaper texts were categorized under three main sections: literature, politics, and culture/entertainment, and frequency analyses were performed for each category. With this study, words that are used in the newspaper but not included in the current dictionary of Turkmen Turkish were also identified. In this respect, our study will contribute to the new editions of the dictionary. Keywords: Turkmen Turkish, press language, vocabulary, Edebiýat we Sungat newspaper, word frequency, dictionary ulacaktır.