Age of acquisition, sign language, morphosyntax, discourse, TİD
I have investigated how the age of acquisition shapes grammatical representation and interpretation in sign languages, with a particular focus on complex morphosyntactic structures. Because most deaf children do not have access to a natural sign language from birth, my research seeks to identify which components of grammar are resilient to delayed exposure and which are age-sensitive, to inform linguistically grounded assessment and intervention practices. Drawing on production and comprehension studies in Turkish Sign Language, I show that while delayed exposure does not affect core morphological encoding in classifier constructions, it systematically impacts argument expression, perspective-taking, and discourse-level strategies such as zero-anaphora resolution.
@inproceedings{sevgigokgoz2024zeroanaphora,author={Sevgi, Hande and G{\"o}kg{\"o}z, Kadir},title={Age of Acquisition Effects in Zero-Anaphora Comprehension in Turkish Sign Language},booktitle={Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development},editor={AlThagafi, Hayat Abdullah Ali and Ray, Jupitara},volume={48},number={2},pages={481--493},year={2024},}
2023
Classifiers, Argument Expression, and Age of Acquisition Effects in Turkish Sign Language
@article{SevgiGokgoz2023,author={Sevgi, Hande and G{\"o}kg{\"o}z, Kadir},title={Classifiers, Argument Expression, and Age of Acquisition Effects in Turkish Sign Language},journal={Sign Language \& Linguistics},year={2023},volume={26},number={1},doi={10.1075/sll.21006.sev},}
2019
The Impact of Age of Acquisition on Structure: A Study on Alignment in Turkish Sign Language
@mastersthesis{sevgi2019ma,author={Sevgi, Hande},title={The Impact of Age of Acquisition on Structure: A Study on Alignment in Turkish Sign Language},school={Boğaziçi University},year={2019},}