Abstract:

Bases of Research: The differences of noun cases in dative, locative and ablative which express location in the literary language of Turkish are different by means of its function and form. These three cases which are only in suffix form in Turkish sometimes form a locational relation and sometimes an adverbial relation for several reasons to the relevant verb. Purpose of the Research: In this paper, the locational cases and the functional changes in the locational cases in the Eastern Black Sea dialects were studied. Resources of Data: References of Eastern Black Sea dialects. Bernt Brendemoen’s The Turkish Dialects of Trabzon, Their Phonology and Historical Development Volum II: Texts, Turgut Günay’s Rize İli Ağızları, İnceleme-Metinler-Sözlük and Ahmet Caferoğlu’s Kuzeydoğu İllerimiz Ağızlarından Toplamalar. Discussion and Conclusion: In contemporary Turkish literary language it is almost obvious which suffix is necessary to be used with the noun which is related to the verb. In general Anatolian dialects are almost parallel to the literary language by means of form and usage of noun cases. But sometimes it differs from literary language. In the classification of Anatolian dialects, the Trabzon and Rize dialects are in the northeast group and these dialects sometimes show discrepancy from the literary language in functions of noun cases. For instance; the suffix of the dative case can also be used as a locative case whereas the suffix of the locative case for the dative and suffix of the locative for the ablative function. In this article, the functional changes in the locational cases in the Eastern Black Sea dialects were studied

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