Structural and conceptual analysis of novel titles in Turkish (According to the list of the top winner authors of 2011)

This article is about the structural analysis of the Turkish novel names. Within the scope of the study, properties of the novel names according to grammatical and conceptional aspects. In this study, The winningest authors list which was published in Turkish journal Forbes in May, 2011 has been accepted as the source. In the list, there are 20 author names and 16 novelists have been examined. In total, 138 works have been evaluated. As analyzing of the novels, it has been supported with the atrical aspect related to structural analysis such as onomatology, semantics, semasiology and novel theory. As the part of structural analysis; the grammatical aspects, syntagm, index and etymon properties of relevant novel names have been analyzed. In the part of conceptional analysis, content properties, syncretism factors, text and discourse properties of the novel names have been examined. In addition to the results obtained, in accordance with semantical technique, the results of the prepared questionnaire have been included to the study. Finally, the study ends with the interpretation of the examined data and declaration of the obtained results. This study shows us that creative literal works, as a part of onomatology, hold a qualification with regard to the crystallization of echoes of the lingual and mental processes. Key words: Turkish, novel names, structural and conceptional analysis