This is a tool for analyzing and producing Turkish word forms.
There are two kinds of exercises:
This is a self-paced learning tool without supervision. We suggest that
you look at the solutions proposed by TUWPA after sufficiently many trials.
In A-exercises, you can test your knowledge of
affixes and
allomorphy.
You enter a word, and you are asked to write an analysis of the root and
affixes. Your proposed analysis must include abstract representation of
affixes. For instance,
TUWPA analyzes any permissible root-affix sequence as CORRECT.
This includes non-words like zamircek.
In P-exercises, you can check your knowledge of
affix ordering and
sound alternations in affixes and
roots.
You select a root and a sequence of affixes (in their abstract form),
and try to write a word form for it. For instance,
See the notation for typing
affixes and words. Click the button
What you can do
You may have noticed the use of dashes (-) for affixes, for example
-PLU for the plural affix. You don't have to memorize these names;
they are provided with the click of a button. Once you learn the names,
you can type them (with the dash) yourself.
you type the word : evlerimde you type the analysis: ev-PLU-POSS1s-LOC
When you ``evaluate'', TUWPA responds: CORRECT
you type the root-affix order:
ev-PLU-POSS1s-LOC
you write the corresponding word :
evlerimde When you ``evaluate'', TUWPA responds: CORRECT
Before you start,
The help lines contain brief descriptions of options
and some terminology.
(available in all pages) if the system's response makes no sense or it does
not respond at all. This will let you send mail to us; please
specify what you typed (and in what context), how the system responded
(if at all) etc.
Here are the exercises:
TUWPA credits:
Design team: Izzet Pembeci, Cem Bozsahin, Deniz Zeyrek
Implemented by: Izzet Pembeci
Thanks to: Onur Sehitoglu (implementation)
Financial support:
TU-LANGUAGE project
Laboratory for the Computational
Studies of Language
Department of Computer Engineering
Middle East Technical University
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