Turkiyat Mecmuasi, cilt.35, sa.1, ss.377-396, 2025 (Scopus)
This study focuses on the aspectual categories in Turkish grammar books used for teaching Turkish as a foreign language. The sample includes Benzer5 and Bölükbaş Kaya6, and the document review method is used to compare and describe the functions of aspect markers suffixed to the verb in Turkish grammar. The study identifies common aspects of the functions of aspect morphemes ({-DI}, {-(I)yor}, {-mIş}, {-A/Ir}, {-AcAk}, {-mAktA}, {-mAdA}, {-(I)yordu}, {-ArdI}, {-AcAktI}, {-mIştI}, {-(I)yormuş}, {-ArmIş}, {-AcAkmIş}, {-mIşmIş}) and suggests ways to incorporate aspect issues in grammar teaching to provide more efficient learning environments and reduce cognitive load for learners. Benzer7 explicitly uses the term "aspect" and discusses language structures for certain language functions, while Bölükbaş Kaya8 discusses aspectual category functions under the title of "tense suffixes" (present, past, future, present and compound tense aspects of these tenses). Both sources found differences and similarities in aspectual features and suggested language levels of the morphemes.