Abstract:

In this study, the errors of pronouns which are made by the Turks studying Frenchin elementary and advanced levels in Kızılay Branch of Ankara University TÖMERare analyzed through error analysis approach and the reasons are investigated. Therelated data were gathered by looking into grammar and writing sections of thesubjects’ final exams. Detected errors of pronouns are divided into six subgroupsaccording to the kinds of errors; errors of demonstrative and interrogative pronouns, use of incorrect pronouns, use of incorrect reflexive pronouns, using pronouns instead of possessive adjectives, errors of relative pronouns and errors ofindefinite pronouns. It has become clear through this study that errors regardingthe wrong use of pronouns are the most common type of errors of pronouns. It wasfound with a thorough observation that the reasons for errors vary according to thetypes of errors. The leading causes are that the subjects do not know the exact definition of the word replaced by a pronoun and do not recognize the suffix addedto the verb

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