Dilbilimi: Recent submissions

  • A phonological and morphological analysis of instrumental noun-verb pairs in Turkish sign language (TİD) 
    Özkul, Aslı. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    This study investigates the differences between instrumental N/V (insN/V) pairs in TİD through phonological and morphological parameters. Length, repetition and mouthing have been examined as the phonological criteria for ...
  • On suffixhood and verbalness: a Mirror Theoretic approach 
    Bayırlı, İsa Kerem. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    In this thesis, I argue that suffixal and verbal status of a grammatical object can be predicted from its syntactic position within the framework of the Mirror Theoretic syntax of Brody (2003). I first show that in Turkish ...
  • Ergative as accusative case: evidence from Adıyaman Kurmanji 
    Atlamaz, Ümit. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    This study aims to investigate the nature of ergativity in Adıyaman Kurmanji within the premises of the Minimalist Program. Adıyaman Kurmanji displays two alignment patterns depending on the tense. In non-past structures ...
  • Acquisition of modality in Turkish 
    Terziyan, Treysi. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    In this thesis, modality is explored from different perspectives such as semantics, typology and psycholinguistics. The aim of this thesis is to investigate how modality unfolds in the linguistic development of Turkish ...
  • On the nature of anaphoric expressions kendi/ kendisi and the clause structure of Turkish 
    Palaz, Bilge. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in the Social Sciences, 2013., 2013.)
    This thesis analyzes the distributional differences between the third person singular reflexive kendi and its variant kendi-si “him/her-self + 3SGPOSS” in Turkish within the assumptions of the Binding Theory and provides ...
  • The future reference of the Turkish progressive morpheme [-iyor] 
    Kurtoğlu, Işıl. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1982., 1982.)
  • The Effects of climate change on agricultural trade capability of Turkey and her major rivals in european food market 
    Fedai, Halit. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
  • Frequency effects in the production and perception of long vowels in Turkish 
    Sarıgül, Özge. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    This study aims to understand whether the linguistic experience of Turkish speakers have an effect on their knowledge of the phonology of their language and linguistic processes like production and perception. The ...
  • The phrase structure of two dialects of Kurmanji Kurdish: standard dialect and Muş dialect 
    Gündoğdu, Songül. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    This study aims to investigate the phrase structure of Kurmanji Kurdish with a specific focus on ergativity. In the literature, Kurmanji is assumed to exhibit two different case patterns depending on the tense and transitivity ...
  • Ambivalent belongings: a discourse analysis of second generation Cretan immigrants in Cunda 
    Kaya, Neşe. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    This thesis analyzes the discourse of second generation Cretan immigrants whose forefathers were forcibly relocated to Cunda via the population exchange between Greece and the Republic of Turkey in 1924. The aim is to ...
  • Acquisition of passives in Turkish 
    Efeoğlu, Gülümser. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2011., 2011.)
    This study aims at investigating the acquisition of passive constructions in Turkish and to shed light on the path that Turkish children follow in their acquisition of passives in different constructions. Turkish, as an ...
  • Phonological and morphological aspects of lexicalized fingerspelling in Turkish Sign Language (TİD) 
    Taşçı, Süleyman Sabri. (Thesis (M.A.) - Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2012., 2012.)
    In this study, we aim to analyze certain morphological and phonological characteristics of lexicalized fingerspelling in Turkish Sign Language (TİD). Fingerspelling is a system which represents the characters of a writing ...
  • Nature versus convention: |a study of E. M. Forster's novels 
    Akdeniz, Fatma. (Thesis (M.A.)- Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 1983., 1982.)
  • Apophony in Turkish onomatopoeic reduplications 
    Baturay, Semra. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    The present work investigates the sound alternations in Turkish onomatopoeic reduplications and provides an analysis based on apophony. I focus on the vocalic and consonantal alternations as the core data and raise the ...
  • Pragmatic and prosodic analysis of sentence topic in Turkish 
    Güneş, Güliz. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This study investigates the use Sentence Topics in Turkish naturally occurring conversations. In particular, it focuses on the correlation between the pragmatic functions, informative status and the prosodic properties of ...
  • On the role of empty onsets in Turkish: a government phonology approach 
    Nuhbalaoğlu, Derya. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This study investigates the distribution of empty onsets [Ox-O] in careful and casual speech of Turkish in the framework of (Standard) Government Phonology (GP). It is proposed that the occurrence of a certain type of an ...
  • Direct reported speech: positioning and relational identity work 
    İkizoğlu, Didem. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This thesis aims to describe how direct reported speech (DRS) is constructed in Turkish and investigate how narrators make use of different reporting strategies in order to position themselves, their audience and the ...
  • Intervention effects in simple Wh-questions in Turkish 
    Kesen, Yasemin. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    This study investigates the nature of intervention effects introduced by four groups of potential interveners in simple wh-questions in Turkish: negative polarity items, quantifier phrases, lexically marked focus phrases ...
  • Impoliteness in computer mediated communication 
    Can, Ayşegül. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2009., 2009.)
    In this study, the nature of linguistic (im)politeness is examined in Turkish Computer Mediated Communication (henceforth CMC) based on data collected at an internet discussion forum. The aim of my study is to investigate ...
  • Establishing legitimacy: persuasion and organisational identity 
    Humphrey, Alys. (Thesis (M.A.)-Bogazici University. Institute for Graduate Studies in Social Sciences, 2010., 2010.)
    Studies of institutions have shown that legitimacy and credibility are important aspects of institutional identity, particularly in the case of NGO. Given that identity is established and reflected largely through linguistic ...