Academic Interests
syntax, syntax-pragmatics interface, information structure
Recent Topics: scrambling, syntax of topic-focus, wh-in-situ phenomena, binding, anti-subject orientation, phases, linearization
Current Position
Associate Professor, Ankara University (Department of Linguistics)
Background
B.A. : Ankara University (1992)
M.A. : Ankara University (1995)
Ph.D. : Ankara University (2000)
Theses
- Ph.D. Dissertation (2000):
Türkçede Bilgi Yapısı [Information Structure in Turkish]
- Master Thesis (1995):
Türkçe Metinlerdeki Bağlantı Öğelerinin Metinbilim ve Kullanımbilim Açısından İşlevleri [Textlinguistic and Pragmatic Functions of Connectives in Turkish Texts]
Recent Courses given
- Dilbilime Giriş [Introduction to Linguistics] (undergraduate)
- Sözdizimi I I [Syntax I ] (undergraduate)
- Kullanımbilim [Pragmatics] (undergraduate, graduate)
- Bilgi Yapısı I, 2 [Information Structure I, 2 ] (graduate -M.A.)
- Türkçe Sözdiziminde Çalkalama [Scrambling n Turkish Syntax] (graduate -Ph.D.)
- Sözdizim İncelemeleri: Minimalist Yaklaşım [Syntactic Analysis: Minimalist Approach] (graduate -Ph.D.)
- Dilbilgisinde Arakesitler [Interfaces in Grammar] [(graduate -M.A.)





