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Gulsat Aygen

Associate Professor

Linguistics

Office: RH 319
Phone: 753-6633
Email: gaygen@niu.edu

Educational Background


Ph.D. Harvard University; 2002

M.A. Bogazici University, Turkey; 1998

B.A. Bogazici University, Turkey; 1996


Professional Interests


Linguistic Theories, Syntax, and Morphology

Brain and Language

English as a Second Language

Turkic Linguistics, Kurdic Linguistics

Comparative Linguistics


Selected Publications >

Current Courses >

Selected Publications

  • Chomsky on Anarchism/Anarsizm Üzerine Chomsky. Trans. Ed. Gulsat Aygen. Istanbul: Agora Publications, 2012.
  • "Morpho-syntactic Variation and Methodology: Problems and Possible Solutions." Journal of Linguistics and Literature 8.1 (2011): 1-14.
  • "Reduced Relatives and the Location of Agreement." California Linguistic Notes 36.1 (Spring 2011).
  • Kurmancki/Zazaki Kurdish Grammar. Languages of the World Materials 479. Munchen: Lincom Europa, 2010.
  • Canetti, Elias. Crowds and Power/Kitle ve Iktidar. 4th ed. Trans. Gulsat Aygen. Istanbul: Ayrinti Publications, 2010.
  • “How Many Manifestations of the ‘Copula’ Can a Language Employ?” Journal of Linguistics and Literature. 2009.
  • "The production of Turkish relative clauses in agrammatism: Verb inflection and constituent order." With T. Yarbay-Duman and Y.R.M. Bastiaanse. Brain and Language 105.3 (2008): 149-60.
  • Kurmanji Kurdish Grammar. Munchen: Lincom Europa, 2007.
  • "Syntax and Semantics of Genitive Subject-Case in Turkic." California Linguistic Notes 32 (Spring 2007): 1-39.

    http://hss.fullerton.edu/linguistics/cln/Gulsat-Genitive%20case.pdf
  • Finiteness, Case and Clausal Architecture. MIT Occasional Papers in Linguistics 23 (2004).

Current Courses

CourseMeeting Days / Time / Room
Fall 2013ENGL 207.6 (details)
MW / 3:30 - 4:45 / DU340
Fall 2013ENGL 608.1 (details)
W / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH201
Fall 2013ENGL 207.7 (details)
MW / 3:30 - 4:45 / DU340
Fall 2013ENGL 207.8 (details)
MW / 3:30 - 4:45 / DU340
Fall 2013ENGL 207.1 (details)
MW / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU204
Fall 2013ENGL 207.2 (details)
MW / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU204
Fall 2013ENGL 207.3 (details)
MW / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU204
Fall 2013ENGL 207.4 (details)
MW / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU204
Fall 2013ENGL 207.5 (details)
MW / 3:30 - 4:45 / DU340
Fall 2013ENGL 714.P001 (details)
W / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH201
Spring 2013ENGL 606. (details)
T / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH201
Fall 2011ENGL 207.0005 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU 340
Fall 2011ENGL 207.0006 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU 340
Fall 2011ENGL 207.0007 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU 340
Fall 2011ENGL 207.0008 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU 340
Fall 2011ENGL 618.0001 (details)
T / 6:00-8:40 / RH 202
Spring 2012ENGL 207.1 (details)
TTH / 9:30 - 10:45 / DU204
Spring 2012ENGL 207.2 (details)
TTH / 9:30 - 10:45 / DU204
Spring 2012ENGL 207.3 (details)
TTH / 9:30 - 10:45 / DU204
Spring 2012ENGL 207.4 (details)
TTH / 9:30 - 10:45 / DU204
Spring 2012ENGL 321.1 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / RH207
Spring 2012ENGL 434X.1 (details)
TTH / 11:00 - 12:15 / DU270
Fall 2012ENGL 207.1 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / DU204
Fall 2012ENGL 207.2 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / DU204
Fall 2012ENGL 207.3 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / DU204
Fall 2012ENGL 207.4 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / DU204
Fall 2012ENGL 207.5 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU204
Fall 2012ENGL 207.6 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU204
Fall 2012ENGL 207.7 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU204
Fall 2012ENGL 207.8 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU204
Fall 2012ENGL 608. (details)
T / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH201
Fall 2012ENGL 615.1 (details)
TH / 6:00 - 8:40 / RH201
Spring 2013ENGL 207.1 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / DU 204
Spring 2013ENGL 207.2 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / DU204
Spring 2013ENGL 207.3 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / DU 204
Spring 2013ENGL 207.4 (details)
TTH / 12:30 - 1:45 / DU 204
Spring 2013ENGL 207.5 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU 204
Spring 2013ENGL 207.6 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU 204
Spring 2013ENGL 207.7 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU 204
Spring 2013ENGL 207.8 (details)
TTH / 2:00 - 3:15 / DU 204