RESEARCH

I am a psycholinguist interested in the question of how language is represented in the human mind and how it is processed during comprehension and production. 

My research primarily consists of comprehension and production experiments with various mono-, bi- and multi-lingual populations, on different linguistic structures in a number of languages (Turkish, English, Norwegian) through a range of experimental methods including eye-tracking and self-paced reading. I mostly adopt the structural priming paradigm in my research. 

I am also interested in second/foreign language acquisition/learning, particularly of Turkish. 

My current research interests include the processing of Turkish in heritage speakers, foreign language learners and in attriters in Canada.

I have extensive international research experience at various world-class universities such as Harvard University, University of Oslo, Université Paris III-Sorbonne Nouvelle and Middle East Technical University, which is one of the best universities in Turkey. 

Currently, I am an Assistant Professor of Turkish Language and Linguistics, Teaching Stream at the Department of Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto. 


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