IV. International Conference On Awareness: Language and Awareness (Abstracts)

Edited by Prof. Dr. Mehmet Şahin, this abstract book, titled IV. International Conference on Awareness: Language and Awareness , compiles the academic presentations from the symposium held in December 2020. The work addresses the phenomena of "language" and "awareness" from an interdisciplinary approach, spanning linguistics, culture, literature, and pedagogy. The book presents structural analyses of Turkic languages (Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Uzbek, Tatar, Kipchak, etc.) in areas such as etymology , phonology , morphology , and lexicography, while also focusing on the cultural and social dimensions of language. In this context, sociolinguistic topics are examined, including national mentality in proverbs and idioms , the relationship between language and identity , the role of media language in establishing hegemony , and the linguistic features of fake news. The power of literary texts in creating awareness is discussed through authors like Paul Celan , Ali-Shir Nava'i , and Gurban Said , with significant space devoted to children's literature (YouTube videos , Erich Kästner ) and philosophy for children. The book also addresses current pedagogical issues, such as "Language Awareness" in EFL , the role of the mother tongue in the classroom , the challenges of "false friends" in teaching Turkish to Arabic speakers , and the pedagogical problems of online education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Enriched with health-oriented linguistic studies on topics like virtual reality (VR) for mindfulness , Alzheimer's disease , and dyslexia, this work offers a broad academic panorama of language and awareness.