İngilizce devinim eylemlerinin Türk İngilizce okutmanları tarafından ifade edilmeleri

In the last twenty years, there has been an increasing interest in the research of motion events and their descriptions in typologically different languages. Much of this interest has derived from the works of Talmy (1985, 2000) and his lexicalization patterns, since he classified languages typologically as Satellite-framed and Verb-framed languages according to how they encode the core information of a specific semantic category into syntactical and lexical structures. According to his classification, the semantic components of a motion event, which are motion and manner, are conflated in the verb, while the path information is given through satellites outside the verb in S-framed languages. However, in V-framed languages, path is encoded in the main verb slot, while the manner part is generally given through subordinate manner verbs or adverbial phrases. In that sense, Slobin (2000) introduced ?Thinking for Speaking? hypothesis and stated that lexicalization patterns have certain consequences for the ways in which speakers express motion events as their choices and syntax structures might change by typological variations.As Talmian Typology and Slobin`s Thinking for Speaking Hypothesis have revealed, different languages describe motion events in different ways. Previous studies have also demonstrated that there is a certain difference between English and Turkish in terms of their manner, path, satellite and subordinate usage through motion event description process. Situated within the framework of this tendency, the aim of this study was to investigate how this tendency influenced second language acquisition process. In order to fulfill this aim, the motion event description strategies of Turkish native speakers with high English proficiency were analyzed through their English and Turkish descriptions.30 EFL instructors from the Preparatory School of Atılım University took part in this study. The data for the study was collected through three different instruments taken and adapted from Yu (1996): a picture description task, a narration task and a translation task. Besides, a background questionnaire was conducted to gain information about the participants.The statistical analysis of the data revealed that even Turkish native speakers with high English proficiency showed significant differences while describing motion events in English and Turkish. While English motion event descriptions included mostly manner verbs, Turkish ones tended to focus on path information.Additionally, the study has revealed that subjects had some preferences regarding subordinate manner structures. Turkish EFL instructors preferred to encode path in the main verb slot, whereas giving manner information outside the verb through subordinate forms. In English descriptions, however, subjects tended to give manner information in the main verb slot while encoding path through satellites outside the verb.The results gained in this study will lead us clarify the problems of Turkish students in English motion event description process. Besides, they may help EFL instructors understand the reasons behind the mistakes of their students and suggest certain strategies and activities to solve these problems. On the whole, the results are expected to contribute to the SLA field.