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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLAGIARISM .......................................................................................................... iii
ABSTRACT .............................................................................................................. iv
ÖZ ............................................................................................................................. vi
DEDICATION ........................................................................................................ viii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ....................................................................................... ix
TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................... x
LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................. xv
LIST OF FIGURES .............................................................................................. xvii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ................................................................................ xxi
CHAPTER
1. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................... 1
1.0. Presentation ............................................................................................. 1
1.1. Background to the Study ......................................................................... 1
1.2. Statement of Purpose............................................................................... 5
1.3. Research Questions ................................................................................. 6
1.4. Significance of the Study ........................................................................ 6
1.4. Definitions of Terms ............................................................................... 8
2. LITERATURE REVIEW................................................................................. 9
2.0. Presentation ............................................................................................. 9
2.1. History of Receptive Multilingual Studies .............................................. 9
2.2. Understanding ....................................................................................... 16
2.3. Functional Pragmatics ........................................................................... 18
2.4. Communicative Apparatus .................................................................... 19
2.5. Linguistic Properties of Turkish and Azerbaijani Languages ............... 22
2.5.1. Classification of Turkic Languages ........................................ 22
2.5.2. Historical Development of Turkic Languages
and Turkic-
Speaking Groups ..................................................................... 24