publications

2026

1. Manner Modification Across Modalities: Insights from Gesture, Sign, and Spoken Language

   Hande Sevgi

   Harvard University, 2026

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   @phdthesis{sevgi2026dissertation,
     author = {Sevgi, Hande},
     title = {Manner Modification Across Modalities: Insights from Gesture, Sign, and Spoken Language},
     school = {Harvard University},
     year = {2026},
   }

2024

1. One Root to Build Them All: Roots in Sign Language Classifiers

   Hande Sevgi

   In Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, 2024

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   @inproceedings{sevgi2024oneroot,
     author = {Sevgi, Hande},
     title = {One Root to Build Them All: Roots in Sign Language Classifiers},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics},
     editor = {Autry, Robert and de la Cruz Sanchez, Gabriela and Irizarry Figueroa, Luis A. and Mihajlovic, Kristina and Ni, Tianyi and Smith, Ryan and Harley, Heidi},
     volume = {39},
     number = {2},
     pages = {393--400},
     year = {2024},
   }

2. Age of Acquisition Effects in Zero-Anaphora Comprehension in Turkish Sign Language

   Hande Sevgi and Kadir Gökgöz

   In Proceedings of the Boston University Conference on Language Development, 2024

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   @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

1. Classifiers, Argument Expression, and Age of Acquisition Effects in Turkish Sign Language

   Hande Sevgi and Kadir Gökgöz

   Sign Language & Linguistics, 2023

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   @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},
   }

2. Proceedings of the Workshop on Turkic and Languages in Contact with Turkic

   2023

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   @proceedings{bikinasevgi2023tu8,
     editor = {Bikina, Daria A. and Sevgi, Hande},
     title = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Turkic and Languages in Contact with Turkic},
     volume = {8},
     publisher = {Linguistic Society of America},
     year = {2023},
     url = {https://journals.linguisticsociety.org/proceedings/index.php/tu/issue/view/187},
   }

3. Plural Possession in Turkish and Sakha

   Ian L. Kirby and Hande Sevgi

   In Proceedings of the Workshop on Turkic and Languages in Contact with Turkic, 2023

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   @inproceedings{kirbysevgi2023plural,
     author = {Kirby, Ian L. and Sevgi, Hande},
     title = {Plural Possession in Turkish and Sakha},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Turkic and Languages in Contact with Turkic},
     editor = {Lee, Si Kai and Asinari, Sarah and Lazakovits, Sabine},
     volume = {7},
     number = {1},
     pages = {73--87},
     year = {2023},
     doi = {10.3765/ptu.v7i1.5320},
   }

2022

1. Verb Doubling in Turkish: Evidence from Trabzon Dialect

   Hande Sevgi

   In Proceedings of the Workshop on Turkic and Languages in Contact with Turkic, 2022

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   @inproceedings{sevgi2022verbdoubling,
     author = {Sevgi, Hande},
     title = {Verb Doubling in Turkish: Evidence from Trabzon Dialect},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Turkic and Languages in Contact with Turkic},
     editor = {G{\"u}ndoğdu, Song{\"u}l and Taghipour, Sahar and Peters, Andrew},
     volume = {6},
     year = {2022},
     doi = {10.3765/ptu.v6i1.5063},
   }

2020

1. Aspects of Clause Structure and Morphology in Turkish Sign Language

   Kadir Gökgöz and Hande Sevgi

   In Morphological Complexity within and across Boundaries, 2020

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   @incollection{gokgozsevgi2020clause,
     author = {G{\"o}kg{\"o}z, Kadir and Sevgi, Hande},
     title = {Aspects of Clause Structure and Morphology in Turkish Sign Language},
     booktitle = {Morphological Complexity within and across Boundaries},
     editor = {G{\"u}rer, Aslı and Uygun-G{\"o}kmen, Dilek and {\"O}zt{\"u}rk, Balkız},
     publisher = {John Benjamins},
     year = {2020},
     doi = {10.1075/slcs.215.12gok},
   }

2. Null Arguments in Turkish Sign Language

   Demet Kayabaşı, Hande Sevgi, and A. Sumru Ozsoy

   In Morphological Complexity within and across Boundaries, 2020

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   @incollection{kayabasisevgiozsoy2020null,
     author = {Kayabaşı, Demet and Sevgi, Hande and Ozsoy, A. Sumru},
     title = {Null Arguments in Turkish Sign Language},
     booktitle = {Morphological Complexity within and across Boundaries},
     editor = {G{\"u}rer, Aslı and Uygun-G{\"o}kmen, Dilek and {\"O}zt{\"u}rk, Balkız},
     publisher = {John Benjamins},
     year = {2020},
     doi = {10.1075/slcs.215.14kay},
   }

3. Syntax, Chapter 2: Clause Structure, Section 2.1: The Syntactic Realization of Argument Structure

   Kadir Gökgöz, Demet Kayabaşı, and Hande Sevgi

   In A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD), 2020

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   @incollection{gokgozkayabasisevgi2020syntax,
     author = {G{\"o}kg{\"o}z, Kadir and Kayabaşı, Demet and Sevgi, Hande},
     title = {Syntax, Chapter 2: Clause Structure, Section 2.1: The Syntactic Realization of Argument Structure},
     booktitle = {A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (T\.{I}D)},
     editor = {Kelepir, Meltem},
     series = {SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series},
     year = {2020},
   }

2019

1. The Impact of Age of Acquisition on Structure: A Study on Alignment in Turkish Sign Language

   Hande Sevgi

   Boğaziçi University, 2019

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   @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},
   }

1. Where Are Your Manners: Experiments on Information Structure and Manner Adverbials in Turkish

   Hande Sevgi and Kathryn Davidson

   Manuscript under revision

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   @unpublished{sevgidavidson_manners,
     author = {Sevgi, Hande and Davidson, Kathryn},
     title = {Where Are Your Manners: Experiments on Information Structure and Manner Adverbials in Turkish},
     note = {Manuscript under revision},
   }

2. Two-Handed Classifiers in Turkish Sign Language: An Analysis of the Non-Dominant Hand

   Hande Sevgi

   Manuscript under revision

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   @unpublished{sevgi_twohanded,
     author = {Sevgi, Hande},
     title = {Two-Handed Classifiers in Turkish Sign Language: An Analysis of the Non-Dominant Hand},
     note = {Manuscript under revision},
   }

3. Manner in Gesture and Language: An Experimental Approach

   Hande Sevgi and Kathryn Davidson

   Work in progress

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   @unpublished{sevgidavidson_gesture,
     author = {Sevgi, Hande and Davidson, Kathryn},
     title = {Manner in Gesture and Language: An Experimental Approach},
     note = {Work in progress},
   }