The Issue of Language in Children Books

Authors

  • Nazmiye Özkan Atatürk Kültür, Dil ve Tarih Yüksek Kurumu
  • Bülent Yılmaz Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Information Management

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15612/BD.2001.469

Keywords:

Children's books, Language problems

Abstract

This study investigates how illustrated Turkish children's books, tales. stories and novels that are prepared tor the age group of 7-14 years has changed from the point of language rules between 1967 and 1997. We examined a total of 71 children's books, 24 of which were published in 1967 and 47 in 1997, on the basis of the following criteria. syntax, spelling and type-setting errors, use of punctuation marks, foreign and slang words. We found that the use of language in Turkish children's books has improved positively between 1967 and 1997.

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2001)

Published

2001-10-31

How to Cite

Özkan, N., & Yılmaz, B. (2001). The Issue of Language in Children Books. Information World, 2(2), 147-168. https://doi.org/10.15612/BD.2001.469

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 2 (2001)

Section

Refereed Articles
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