In contrast with languages where anaphors can be classified into pronouns and reflexives,
Turkish has a tripartite system that consists of the anaphors o, kendi, and kendisi. The …

This dissertation will focus on the semantics of the associative plural construction, and its
variation across languages. The term associative plural is used here to describe plurals …

Previous work has shown that heritage grammars are often simplified compared to their
monolingual counterparts, especially in domains in which the societally-dominant language …

The Turkish reflexive kendisi (self-3SG. POSS) deviates from Principle A of the Binding
Theory and from the Minimalist movement approaches to referential dependencies. This …

Pazar Laz (PL), which is an endangered South Caucasian language spoken in Northeastern
Turkey, has a verbal prefix, namely {i-}, which exhibits syncretism in that it occurs in three …

Turkish has two forms to express reflexivity in the third person singular: uninflected kendi
and inflected kendi-si. Depending on their theoretical position, researchers have proposed …

This thesis investigates the Turkish reflexive kendi theoretically and experimentally. First, I
formally examine the puzzling distribution of the bare reflexive kendi in Turkish focusing on …

Laz is the only South Caucasian language mainly spoken outside Georgia. Its endangered
status has been recognized but has not been systematically and empirically in reference to …

Previous studies on native language (L1) anaphor resolution have found that monolingual
native speakers are sensitive to syntactic, pragmatic, and semantic constraints on pronouns …

Kendi ve kendisi dönüşlülük adılları yalın ve çekimli biçimlerde iki türden oluşur. Gözlemsel
açıdan kendi bir dönüşlü adıl olarak yerel bir öncülle bağlanırken; kendisi ise uzun soluklu …