In Primary School 3th Grade Science Textbook: Nominalization as Grammatical Metaphor


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KAYA M., APAYDIN Z.

Journal of Computer and Education Research, cilt.7, sa.13, ss.35-61, 2019 (Hakemli Dergi) identifier

Özet

The main purpose of this study, which is composed of the theoreticalframework, Functional Grammar model, is to examine the number,intensity and types of nominalization usage from the grammaticalmetaphorical perspective in the 3rd grade science textbook which wasrenewed in 2017 with the Science Teaching Program. Document reviewmethod was used in the research. Nominalization word types weredetermined and frequency of nominalization types were determined. Ineach unit of the textbook, the ratio of nominalization words to totalwords was calculated and the density of nominalization was found.According to this, -mAK attachment 175, -mA attachment 522, -DIKattachment 346, - (y) AcAK attachment 56, - (y)Iş attachment was used31 times. Nominalization density is 7,37%. It can be argued that thisstudy may contribute to a better understanding of the level ofnominalization in primary school textbooks.