İngilizce ruh-durum eylemlerinin İngilizceyi yabancı dil olarak öğrenen Türk üniversite öğrencileri tarafından edinimi

The major purpose of this study was to examine Turkish L2 learners' acquisition of psych(ological) verbs. The earlier studies indicated that learners had little difficulty with SE psych verbs (e.g., like, hate, admire), whereas OE psych verbs (e.g., frighten, please, anger) caused challenges for learners. This study aimed to test whether the same tendency would be observed among Turkish learners of English. It firstly examined the L2 acquisition of psych verbs in comprehension and production level by Turkish-speaking undergraduates learning English as a foreign language in terms of different variables such as verb type, animacy and language level. Secondly, it investigated the preferences of Turkish-speaking EFL learners in production of English psych-verbs. For these purposes, four different instruments were used that were: Quick Placement Test, Written Production Task, Acceptability Judgement Task and Picture Identification Task. The data collected in comprehension and production level were analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively through a set of descriptive statistics and parametric tests (t-test, ANOVA, MANOVA). The results indicated that three variables (i.e., verb type, animacy and language level) of the current study had a relative effect on the acquisition process of English psych verbs, and those effects emerged differently in comprehension and production level as well as in different task types. The related discussions and suggestions had been proposed under the light of the results of the study.