The dialects of Lâpseki's region (Examination text dictionary)

Dialect studies which is one of the important part of the Turcology studies, is both carrier and element of region specific cultural values and one of the indicator of Turkish phonetic's and morphological's evolution as well as ethnology studies. It is also important acceleration of work on this subject for determination of dialect features which began to disappear with several factors. Çanakkale is one of the dialect region in which a detailed examination has not been made before. Lâpseki town consist of 2 small town and 40 villages. Totally there are 42 accommodation unit. According to record of Lâpseki municipality there are 10.365 in city center, 5.884 in town, 9.592 population in village. Totally 26.365 person live in this province. In this study, the dialect properties of the mentioned accommodation units that are located within the borders of town of Lâpseki. The study consist of examination, text and dictionary sections. Examination section consist of voice info, shape info where phonetic and morphological properties, and prologue where the region is introduced briefly are examined. At the and of examination, there is a result section where the region specific properties are summarized. In text section, there are 54 text which have been compiled form the field and transferred to transcription signs. In dictionary section, the words which are different in terms of voice, shape and meaning are shown with text and line number. In this study which is named Dialect of Lâpseki and its surroundings, is important for determination of dialect properties in city of Çanakkale and cultural properties which are protected through language data. Besides it will provide a reference for the dialect atlases which are planned to be created in the future. KEY WORDS: Dialect, Examination of dialect, District of a dialect.