The dialect of Seben county of the province Bolu

This thesis comprises the geographical situation, a brief history and the linguistic characteristics of Seben district of Bolu. In the `Glossary? section at the end of the thesis, the words used in Seben dialect and their meanings are given.Our study consists of the ?Introduction?, ?Phonetics?, ?Morphology?, ?Conclusion?, ?Texts? and ?Dictionary? sections.In the `Introduction? section of our study is the general information about Seben. The geographical situation, climate, economy of Seben, the origin of the name Seben, and the historic information about the district are presented in this section.In the `Phonetics? section, the consonants and vowels we determined in the texts collected from Seben as different from the standard written language are included. The in-detail investigation of these consonants and vowels and the phonetics relating to them are also given in this section.In the `Morphology? section, the nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs and prepositions in Seben dialect are dealt with in detail. The examination sections of our study consist of the phonetics and morphology.In the `Conclusion? section, the determined characteristics of Seben dialect are listed item by item. The names of the sources we used in our study are given in `Bibliography? section.In the `Texts? section, the texts we have collected from Seben district and have written down, using them in our study as the source, are given.In the `Glossary? section, the words which are not used in written language and we have considered as difficult-to-understand and their meanings are given.Key Words1. Seben2. Dialect3. Turkish Language4. Turkish5. Compilation