Özet:

Neşet Ertaş, known as "Bozkırın Tezenesi" is one of the leading artists of the minstrel tradition and Turkish folk music. Addressing many segments of society with his folk songs, Neşet Ertaş also gave importance to education with the messages he gave in his works.The aim of this work, which is the subject of Neşet Ertaş, who is included in the inventory of "Living Human Treasure", is the vocabulary of the artist's folk songs; most of the 100 words used in folk songs, kinship names, plant names, instrument names, item names, animal names, profession names, organ names, proper names, color names, number names, proverbs, idioms and formulaic words are basically revealed. Document analysis method was used in the study. 125 folk songs whose lyrics belong to Neşet Ertaş have been reached. According to the findings of the study, Neşet Ertaş; He frequently included kinship names, plant names, instrument names, item names and animal names in his works. The word doctor was used the most among the profession names, and he described the organ names with adjectives. The variety of proper names was found remarkable. He frequently used colors and numbers in folk songs to describe. He used proverbs and idioms exactly or deconstructed, and frequently used the stereotypes that reveal the daily life of Turkish society in his works. He gave a lot of place to conjunctions, interrogative prepositions and pronouns in her folk songs. It has been reached that Neşet Ertaş's folk songs have a rich structure in terms of vocabulary. It has been deemed necessary that this richness can be used in Turkish Education, Teaching Turkish to Foreigners and transferring Turkish Culture.