CURRICULUM VITAE SELÇUK İŞSEVER October 8, 2015 Contact Address: Ankara Üniversitesi Dil ve Tarih- Coğrafya Fakültesi, Dilbilim Bolümü 06100 Sıhhiye / Ankara / Turkey Phone: (90)- 312-310 32 80 / 1647 Fax: (+90) (0.312) 310 57 13 E- mail: Web: selcuk.issever@gmail.com issever@humanity.ankara.edu.tr http://selcukissever.wordpress.com https://ankara.academia.edu/selcukissever Personal Information Gender: Male Nationality: Turkish Date of birth: 02.27.1969 Place of birth: Ankara, Turkey Interests syntax, syntax- information structure interface, sign linguistics Recent topics: binding and binding domains, wh- in- situ and wh- movement, anti- subject orientation, syntactic movement, scrambling, linearization, syntax of topic and focus Academic Affiliations Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi (Journal of Linguistic Research), Member of Editorial Board Iberia: An International Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, Member of Editorial Board Dil Dergisi (Language Journal), Member of Scientific Committee Dilbilim Derneği (Linguistics Association of Turkey), Member (served as Secretary between 2013-2015)
Academic Positions 2015-2016 2010-2004- 2006 2003-2010 1993-2003 1992-1993 Visiting Scholar University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA) Department of Linguistics (July 2015 January 2016) Associate Professor Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters Visiting Associate Professor Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo (Japan) Department of Turkish Studies Assistant Professor Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters Teaching and Research Assistant Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Letters Instructor of Turkish TÖMER [The Center for Teaching Turkish as a Second Language] Education 1995-2000 Ph.D. in Linguistics, 2000 Dissertation Title: Türkçede Bilgi Yapısı [Information Structure in Turkish] 1992-1995 M.A. in Linguistics, 1995 Dissertation Title: Türkçe Metinlerdeki Bağlantı Öğelerinin Metinbilim ve Kullanımbilim Açısından İşlevleri [The Textlinguistic and Pragmatic Functions of Connectives in Turkish] 1988-1992 B.A. in Linguistics, 1992 Other Fall 1997 Charles University, Prague (Czech Republic) International Winter School in Linguistics Wilém Mathesius Lecture Series, XI. 2
Publications BOOKS (2009) Essays on Turkish linguistics: Proceedings of the fourteenth international conference on Turkish linguistics (August 6-8, 2008), Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag. (Edited with S. Ay, Ö. Aydın, İ. Ergenç, S. Gökmen, D. Peçenek) (2005) Dilbilim incelemeleri [Studies on linguistics]. Ankara: Doğan Yayıncılık. (Edited with İ. Ergenç, S. Gökmen, and Ö. Aydın) BOOK CHAPTERS (forthcoming) İşsever, S., & Makaraoğlu, B. Türk İşaret Dilinde ne- taşıma. In E. Arık (Ed.), Türk İşaret Dili Araştırmaları. (2013) İşsever, S., & Makaraoğlu, B. Wh- movement in Turkish Sign Language. In E. Arık (Ed.), Current directions in Turkish Sign Language research (pp. 163-185), Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Aydın, Ö., & İşsever, S. Anti- subject orientation in Turkish. In I. Özyıldırım, N. Büyükkantarcıoğlu, E. Yarar, & E. Alpaslan (Eds.), 40. yıl yazıları 1972-1012 (pp. 42-63). Ankara: Hacettepe Üniversitesi Yayınevi. (2012) Jiménez- Fernández, Á. L., & İşsever, S. Deriving A/A effects in topic fronting: Intervention of focus and binding. In J. Blaszczak, B. Rozwadowska, & W. Witkowski (Eds.), Current issues in generative linguistics: Syntax, semantics, phonology (pp. 8-25), Wroclaw: Center for General and Comparative Linguistics. (2008) İşsever, S. EPP- driven scrambling and Turkish. In T. Kurebito (Ed.), Ambiguity of morphological and syntactic analyses (pp. 27-41), Tokyo: Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (Research Institute for Languages of Asia and Africa [ILCAA]) Press. (2003) İşsever, S. Anlambilgisi [Semantics]. Vitamin Türkçe ilköğretim kitabı [Vitamin preliminary school textbook on Turkish] (2002) İşsever, S. Konu: Tanımlanışı, bilgi yapısı ve kimi sorunlar [Topic: its definition, information structure, and some issues]. In L. Uzun, & E. Huber (Eds.), Türkçede bilgi yapısı ve bilimsel metinler [Information structure in Turkish and scientific texts] (pp: 37-54), Essen: Verlag Die Blaue Eule. İşsever, S. Türkçe bilimsel metinlerde konu [ Topic in Turkish scientific texts]. In L. Uzun, & E. Huber (Eds.), Türkçede bilgi yapısı ve bilimsel metinler [Information structure in Turkish and scientific texts] (pp. 117-130), Essen: Verlag Die Blaue Eule. ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES (2003) İşsever, S. Anlambilim [Semantics]. In A. Cevizci (Ed.), Felsefe ansiklopedisi vol. 1 [Encyclopedia of philosophy] (pp. 424-429), İstanbul: Etik Yayınevi. İşsever, S. Anlambulanıklığı [Ambiguity]. In A. Cevizci (Ed.), Felsefe ansiklopedisi vol.1 [Encyclopedia of philosophy] (pp. 429-431), İstanbul: Etik Yayınevi. 3
ARTICLES (in preparation) İşsever, S., Makaroğlu, B., & Ergenç, İ. On bimodal language production: A minimalist analysis of code blending in TİD- Turkish bimodal bilingualism. (2014) Zeshan, U., Ergenç, E., İşsever, S., Makaraoğlu, B., & Dikyuva, H. Türk İşaret Dili kullanıcılarında çok- dilli görünümler [Multilingual behaviours in Turkish Sign Language users]. In N. Büyükkantarcıoğlu, I. Özyıldırım, E. Yarar, E. Yağlı (Eds.), 27. Ulusal Dilbilim Kurultayı Bildirileri [Proceedings of the 27 th National Linguistics Conference], May 2-4, 2013, Hacettepe University, Antalya (Turkey) (pp. 254-262). Ankara: Hacettepe University Publishing. (2011) Gračanin- Yüksek, M., & İşsever, S. Movement of bare objects in Turkish. Dilbilim Araştırmaları, 2011/1, 33-49. Boğaziçi University Press. (2009) İşsever, S. A syntactic account of wh- in- situ in Turkish. In S. Ay, Ö. Aydın, İ. Ergenç, S. Gökmen, S. İşsever, & D. Peçenek (Eds.), Essays on Turkish linguistics: Proceedings of the fourteenth international conference on Turkish linguistics (August 6-8, 2008) (pp. 103-112), Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag. (2008) İşsever, S. Nesne kaydırımı ve Türkçe [Object shift and Turkish]. In Y. Aksan, & M. Aksan (Eds.), XXI. Ulusal dilbilim kurultayı bildirileri [Proceedings of the XXI st national linguistics conference] (pp. 98-107), Mersin: Mersin University Press. (2007) İşsever, S. Towards a unified account of clause- initial scrambling in Turkish: A feature analysis. Turkic Languages, 11:1, 93-123. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag. (2006) İşsever, S. On the NSR and focus projection in Turkish. In S. Yağcıoğlu, & A. Cem Değer (Eds.), Advances in Turkish linguistics: Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Turkish linguistics (pp. 421-435), İzmir: Dokuz Eylül University Press. İşsever, S. Türkçede takısız nesne adöbekleri ve çalkalama [Bare object NPs and scrambling in Turkish]. Dil Dergisi, 11, 42-56. Ankara: Ankara University Press. (2003) İşsever, S. Information structure in Turkish: The word order- prosody interface. Lingua, 113, 1025-1053. Elsevier. Şener, S., & İşsever, S. The interaction of negation with focus: ne...ne phrases in Turkish. Lingua, 113, 1089-1117. Elsevier. (1999) Ergenç, İ., Uzun, L., İşsever, S., Karabağ, S., & Şener, S. Dilbilgisinin görünüm düzlemleri: Kimi belirlemeler ve Türkiye'deki durum [Aspects of grammar: Some definitions and the situation in Turkey]. Çağdaş Türk Dili Dergisi, Ankara. (1996) İşsever, S. Kullanımsal işlevleri açısından Türkçedeki bağlaçlar [The pragmatic functions of connectives in Turkish]. Proceedings of the 10 th national conference on Turkish linguistics (pp. 83-94), İzmir: Ege University Press. Karabağ, S. & İşsever, S. Edinim sürecinde bağdaşıklık [Acquisition of cohesion (in Turkish)]. Proceedings of the 9 th national conference on Turkish linguistics, Bolu: İzzet Baysal University Press. 4
(1993) Ağar, E., Alkan, Ç., Günay, M., Güleç, M., İşsever, S., & Karabağ, S. Türkiye Türkçesinin sözvarlığındaki değişimler [Changes in Turkish lexicon]. Dil Dergisi, 14, 47-56. Ankara: Ankara University Press. BOOK REVIEWS (2011) İşsever, S. Review of Puzzles of language: Essays in honour of Karl Zimmer, E. E. Taylan, & B. Rona (Eds.). Mediterranean Language Review, 18, 190-197. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag. Presentations CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS (2015) Small pro as a defective binder: Anaphor binding in possessive structures. Poster, Turkish, Turkic and the Languages of Turkey, November 21-22, 2015, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (USA). Çift- kanallı ikdillililikte sözdizimsel öykünme ve koşut yapılar [Syntactic calque and parallel structures in bimodal bilingualism]. 29. Ulusal Dilbilim Kurultayı [29 th National Linguistics Conference], May 21-22, 2015, University of Kocaeli, Kocaeli (Turkey). (with: Bahtiyar Makaroğlu and İclal Ergenç) (2014) Türk İşaret Dili (TİD) Türkçe çift- kanallı ikidilliliğinde dilbilgisel görünümler [Grammatical aspects of TİD- Turkish bimodal bilingualism]. 17 th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics (ICTL), September 3-5, 2014, University of Rouen, France. (with: İclal Ergenç, Bahtiyar Makaroğlu, Hasan Dikyuva) Çizgiselleştirmeye özellik- tabanlı bir yaklaşım [A feature- based approach to linearization]. 28 th National Linguistics Conference, May 8-9, 2014, University of Sakarya, Sakarya (Turkey). (with: Murat Özgen) Agreement verbs in Turkish Sign Language (TİD) Turkish bimodal bilingualism. Linguistic Rights of the Deaf 2, May 20-22, 2014, All- Russian Society of the Deaf (VOG), Moscow. (with: İclal Ergenç, Bahtiyar Makaroğlu, Hasan Dikyuva) (2013) Türk İşaret Dili kullanıcılarında çokdilli görünümler [Multilingual behaviours in Turkish Sign Language users]. 27 th National Linguistics Conference, May 2-4, 2013, Hacettepe University, Antalya (Turkey). (with: Ulrike Zeshan, İclal Ergenç, Bahtiyar Makaroğlu, Hasan Dikyuva) (2012) Anaphor binding in AgrP: the case of kendi. Poster presented at the 16 th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics (ICTL 16), September 18-20, 2012, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara (Turkey). (2011) Deriving A/A - effects in topic fronting: Intervention of focus and binding. Generative Linguistics in Poland (GLiP) 7, December 2-4, 2011, University of Wroclaw (Poland). (with Ángel L. Jiménez- Fernández) A phase- based approach to A- and A - effects in topic fronting. Linguistics Association of Great Britain (LAGB) 2011, September 7-10, 2011, University of 5
Manchester. (with Ángel L. Jiménez- Fernández) (2010) Multiple topic fronting, multiple specifiers and feature inheritance. Mediterranean Syntax Meeting 3, October 8-10, 2010, University of Athens (Greece). (with Ángel L. Jiménez- Fernández) Movement of bare objects in Turkish. Mediterranean Syntax Meeting 3, October 8-10, 2010, University of Athens (Greece). (with Martina Gracanin- Yüksek) Türkçede çıplak nesneler ve taşıma [Bare objects and movement in Turkish]. 24 th National Linguistics Conference, May 18, 2010, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara (Turkey). (with Martina Gracanin- Yüksek) O nun hikayesi: Bağlamada özne- karşıtı yönelim [The story of o : Anti- subject orientation in binding]. 24 th National Linguistics Conference, May 17, 2010, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara (Turkey). (with Özgür Aydın) (2008) Licensing wh- in- situ in Turkish. Mediterranean Syntax Meeting 2 (MSM2), October 18, 2008, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul (Turkey). Licensing wh- in- situ in Turkish. 14 th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics (ICTL 14), August 6, 2008, Ankara University, Antalya (Turkey). (2007) Nesne kaydırımı ve Türkçe [Object shift and Turkish]. 21 st National Conference on Turkish Linguistics, May 11, 2007, Mersin University, Mersin (Turkey). (2004) Focus projection in Turkish. 12 th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics (ICTL 12), Ege University, İzmir (Turkey). (1996) Kullanımsal işlevleri açısından Türkçedeki bağlaçlar [The pragmatic functions of connectives in Turkish]. 10 th National Conference on Turkish Linguistics, Ege University, İzmir (Turkey). (1995) Edinim sürecinde bağdaşıklık [Acquisition of cohesion (in Turkish)]. 9 th National Conference on Turkish Linguistics, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Bolu (Turkey). (with: Seda Karabağ) WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS (2013) Türk İşaret Dili kullanıcılarında çokdilli görünümler: Yeni bir projeye ilk adım [Multilingual behaviours in Turkish Sign Language users: A first step into a new project]. Sign Language Workshop, February 25, 2013, Ankara University, Ankara (Turkey). (with: Ulrike Zeshan, İclal Ergenç, Bahtiyar Makaroğlu, Hasan Dikyuva) (2005) Some remarks on scrambling in Turkish and optionality. Symposium on Ambiguity in Linguistic Analysis, December 17, 2005, Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, Tokyo (Japan). (2000) The [ne ne] phrase in Turkish: Some basic observations on its information structure and syntax. Workshop on Focus, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul (Turkey). (with: Serkan.Şener) 6
(1999) Türkçe bilimsel metinlerde konu [Topic in Turkish scientific texts]. Türkçe Bilimsel Metinler Çalıştayı [Workshop on Turkish Scientific Texts], Essen University, Essen (Germany). Konu: Tanımlanışı, bilgi yapısı ve kimi sorunlar [Topic: Its definition, information structure, and some problems]. Konu Kavramına Dilbilimsel Yaklaşımlar Çalıştayı [Workshop on Linguistic Approaches to Topic],. INVITED TALKS and SEMINARS (2015) Adıl- düşürme değiştirgeni ve Türkçe [Pro- drop parameter and Turkish]. Invited talk, March 26, 2015, Dokuz Eylül University, İzmir (Turkey). (2012) Türkçede özgür sözcük dizilişi ve arakesitler [Free word order in Turkish, and interfaces]. Invited talk, November 12, 2012, Hacettepe University, Ankara (Turkey). Anaphor binding in AgrP: The case of kendi. Invited talk, Cognitive Science (CogsSci) Colloquium, November 2, 2012, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara (Turkey). (2010) Türkçede Çalkalama ve Bilgi Yapısı [Scrambling and information structure in Turkish]. Joint seminar for postgraduate students, April 13, 2010, DİLKOM, Anadolu University, Eskişehir (Turkey). (2009) Sözdizimi: Öbek ve tümcelerin yapısına genel bir bakış [Syntax: An overview of the structure of sentences]. In- service seminar for instructors of foreign languages (Linguistics Module), December 10, 2009, Ankara University Foundation School, Ankara (Turkey). Biçimbilim: Dildeki sözcükler [Morphology: An overview]. In- service seminar for instructors of foreign languages (Linguistics Module), December 4, 2009, Ankara University Foundation School, Ankara (Turkey). (2007) Towards a unified account of clause- initial scrambling in Turkish: A feature analysis. Invited talk, Ankara Linguistics Circle, April 13, 2007, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara (Turkey). (2005) Türkçede bilgi yapısının gerçekleşmesi: Konu ve odak [The linguistic realization of information structure in Turkish: Topic and focus]. Invited talk, Japonya Türk Öğrenciler Derneği [Association of Turkish Students in Japan], Tokyo (Japan). (2002) Dilbilim ve müzik [Linguistics and music]. Joint seminar for graduate and undergraduate students, Hacettepe University, Department of Musicology, Ankara (Turkey). (2000) Türkçede bilgi yapısı [Information structure in Turkish]. Invited talk, Cuma Konuşmaları [Friday Talks],. 7
Academic Experience PROJECTS (2012-2015) Multilingual Behaviours in Sign Language Users (MULTISIGN), European Research Council, Project ID number: 263647. Researcher (2009-2010) Uzaktan Yabancılara Türkçe Öğretmenliği Sertifika Programı Geliştirme Projesi, Ankara University, Ankara (Turkey). Researcher CONFERENCE and WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION (2015) Linguistic Approaches to Endangered Languages: Theory and Description (LAEL), Linguistics Society of Turkey & Boğaziçi University Linguistics Department, July 28-30 2015, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul (Turkey). Organizer (with: Sumru Özsoy, N. Engin Uzun, Özgür Aydın, Deniz Zeyrek, Ümit Deniz Turan] (2009) Ankara Linguistic Circle (ALC) Spring 2009 Meetings, Ankara University, Ankara (Turkey). Organizer (with: Özgür Aydın] (2008) 14 th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics (ICTL 14), Ankara University, Ankara (Turkey). Member of the Organization Committee (2007) Ankara Linguistic Circle (ALC) Fall 2007 Meetings, Ankara University, Ankara (Turkey). Organizer (with: Özgür Aydın) (2004) XVIII th Conference on Turkish Linguistics,. Member of the Organization Committee (1999) Konu Kavramına Dilbilimsel Yaklaşımlar Çalıştayı [Workshop on Linguistic Approaches to Topic],. Assistant of the Organization Committee (1996) 8 th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics (ICTL 8), Ankara University, Ankara (Turkey). Assistant of the Organization Committee EDITORIAL BOARD and SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP (2010 - ) Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi [Journal of Linguistic Research], Boğaziçi University Press, Member of the Editorial Board. (2009 - ) Iberia: An International Journal of Theoretical Linguistics, on- line journal, Member of the Editorial Board. 8
(2003 - ) Dil Dergisi [Language Journal], TÖMER, Ankara University Press, Member of the Scientific Committee. REVIEWING Reviewing for journals (2015) E- dil Dergisi [Journal of E- language], Dokuz Eylül University Press. (2014) Ankara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi [Journal of Social Sciences], Ankara University Press. (2012, 2013) Iberia: An International Journal of Theoretical Linguistics. (2011) Mersin Üniversitesi Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi [Journal of Language and Literature], Mersin University Press. (2010 - ) Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi [Journal of Linguistic Research], Boğaziçi University Press. (2009) Mersin Üniversitesi Dil ve Edebiyat Dergisi [Journal of Language and Literature], Mersin University Press. (2006, 2008) Lingua, Elsevier Press. (2005) Dilbilim ve Uygulamaları [Lingustics and Its Applications], Hacettepe University Press. (2003 - ) Dil Dergisi [Language Journal], TÖMER, Ankara University Press. Reviewing of papers published in books (2013) Current Directions in Turkish Sign Language Research, Edited by E. Arık, Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Information Structure and Agreement, Edited by V. Camacho- Taboada, A. L. Jimenez- Fernandez, J. Martin- Gonzalez, & M. Reyes- Tejedor, John Benjamins. Reviewing for institutions (2015) National Science Foundation (NSF), USA. Reviewing of a workshop submitted to the Linguistics Program. (2012) National Science Foundation (NSF), USA. Reviewing of a proposal submitted to the Linguistics Program. Reviewing for conferences (2015) 29 th National Linguistics Conference, May 21-22, 2015, Kocaeli University, İzmit, Turkey. 9
(2014) 10 th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL10). May 2-4, 2014, MIT. 17 th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics (ICTL 17). September 3-5, 2014, Rouen University, Rouen, France. 28 th National Linguistics Conference, May 8-9, 2014, Sakarya University, Sakarya, Turkey. (2013) 27 th National Linguistics Conference, May 2-4, 2013, Hacettepe University, Antalya, Turkey. (2012) 16 th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics (ICTL 16). September 18-21, 2012, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. 26 th National Linguistics Conference, May 24-26, 2012, Süleyman Demirel University, Isparta, Turkey. (2011) 21 st Colloquium on Generative Grammar (CGG21), April 7-9, 2011, University of Seville, Seville, Spain. 25 th National Linguistics Conference, May 5-7, 2011, Çukurova University, Adana, Turkey. (2010) 24 th National Linguistics Conference, May 17-18, 2010, Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey. (2008) 14 th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics (ICTL 14). August 6-8, 2008, Ankara University, Antalya, Turkey. EDUCATIONAL and DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES Professor, undergraduate and graduate classes, Department of Linguistics, Ankara University, Ankara (Turkey). (1995 - ) Some of the classes thought: Undergraduate - Inroduction to Linguistics, Introduction to Syntax, XXth Century Linguistics, Linguistic Terms, Sociolinguistics, Pragmatics, Lexical Semantics. Graduate - Information Structure (M.A.), Interfaces in Grammar (M.A.) Scrambling (Ph.D.), Syntactic Analyses: Minimalist Program (Ph.D.). Undergraduate tutor, Department of Linguistics,. (1993-2015) Supervisor, undergraduate theses, Department of Linguistics, Ankara University, Ankara (Turkey). (2001 - ) Supervisor, graduate theses, Department of Linguistics,. (2006 - ) Theses Supervised: Tuğcu, Perihan (in progress). Türkçede Tümcesel Adlaştırma [Sentential Nominalization in Turkish]. Doctoral dissertation, Ankara University. Abdieva, Rakhat (in progress). Kırgızcada Görünüş Yapılarının İncelenmesi [Aspect in Kırghız]. Doctoral dissertation, Ankara University. 10
Kırkıcı, Keriman (in progress). Erişim Varsayımları Açısından Türkçe Sözcük Dizilişinin İkinci Dil Edinimindeki Görünümleri [Aspects of Turkish Word Order in Second Language Acquisition with respect to Accesiblity Hyphotheses]. Doctoral dissertation, Ankara University. Akan, Tamer (in progress). Türkçede Sağa- taşıma [Rightward Movement in Turkish]. Doctoral dissertation, Ankara University. Atambay, Ece (in progress). Türkçe BelÖ Yapılarında Bilgi Yapısı [Information Structure of DPs in Turkish]. M.A. thesis, Ankara University. Özgen, Murat (2015). Döngüsel Çizgiselleştirme ve Türkçe [Cyclic Linearization and Turkish]. Doctoral dissertation, Ankara University. Gürsaçlı, Erhan (2015). Türkçede Odak Alanı ve Odak Vurgusu Üzerine Deneysel Bir Çalışma: Adöbeği- Ne- öbeği Etkileşimi ve Çoklu- ne Yapıları [An Experimental Study on Focus Field and Focus Stress in Turkish: NP- Wh- phrase Interactions and Multiple Wh- phrase Structure], Unpublished M.A. thesis, Ankara University. Yavuz, Nilgün (2012). İkinci Dil Olarak Türkçe ve Japoncada Çalkalamanın Edinimi [L2 Acquisition of Scrambling in Turkish and Japanese], Unpublished Doctoral dissertation, Ankara University. Abdieva, Rakhat (2009). Türkçe ve Kırgızcada Eylemlerin Üye Yapısına İlişkin Bir Karşılaştırma [A Contrastive Analysis of Argument Structures of the Verbs in Turkish and Kırghız], Unpublished M.A. thesis, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. Tuğcu, Perihan (2009). Türkçede Belirleyici Öbeği [DP in Turkish], Unpublished M.A. thesis, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. Özcan, Özgün (2008). İkinci Dil Olarak Türkçede İlgi Tümceciklerinin Edinimi [Acquisition of Relative Clauses in L2 Turkish], Unpublished M.A. thesis, Ankara University, Ankara, Turkey. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE Name evaluation for Turkish, 2000 (Freelance) Project Member. (Company: LionBridge - INT L.com- ) Evaluation of brand names for Turkish (includes evaluation of cultural and lexical (semantic, and phonetic - with IPA- ) aspects of brand names for Turkish speakers) Other Languages Turkish (native), English (fluent), French (beginner) Computer Familiar with Windows OS. Experience with a variety of word processing (e.g. all Microsoft Office applications), desktop publishing, web design programs, internet applications and more. 11