Faruk Akkuş
Biographic Data
| ID | 843353 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Faruk Akkuş |
| GIVEN NAMES | Faruk |
| FAMILY NAME | Akkuş |
| SIGNATURE | AKKUŞ F |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0596-3004 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Hierarchical relations guide memory retrieval in sentence comprehension
Real-time sentence comprehension relies on memory resources to establish syntactic dependencies. Such dependency formation is subject to hierarchical constraints on interpretation. However, it remains an open question how hierarchical information is represented and used in working memory. Here we asked whether hierarchical relations between noun phrases as in x c-commands y (Reinhart, 1976) constrain antecedent retrieval for a local anaphor. We m…
No-Reversal Constraint and beyond
This study investigates various un(der)studied word-internal language mixing patterns among Turkish, Anatolian Arabic and Northern Kurdish, in the context of both verbal and nominal domains. The examination of these patterns reveals various theoretical implications. First, head-directionality may change as a result of language contact. Second, in some instances, certain functional categories are borrowed as semantically vacuous heads, and are ide…
Involvee causatives in Turkish
In this study, we investigate a morphologically but not semantically causative construction in Turkish, which we label ‘involvee causative’ (InvC). In contrast to regular causative, the external argument in InvCs is not interpreted as an agent or causer but as merely being involved in or experiencing the event. Additionally, InvCs also differ from regular causatives in not licensing agent-oriented adverbs, instrument phrases and passivization. In…
Anaphora and agreement in the Turkish DP
Whether the operation Agree should be taken to underlie anaphoric binding has been the topic of much recent debate. In this paper, we provide a novel empirical argument in favor of the role of φ -features and Agree in binding. The argument revolves around the intimate relationship between agreement and anaphora in the Turkish nominal domain, where certain complex pronominals can agree only if they locally bind an anaphor or bound pronoun. We argu…
On Causee in Sason Arabic
This article aims to understand the syntax of three causative constructions in Sason Arabic. It demonstrates that in geminate causatives and 'give' causatives, the causee is introduced in CauseeP, unlike the embedded agent in 'make' causatives, which embed a thematic VoiceP. Despite differing from Voice in several respects, Causee, like Voice, exhibits an active-passive-like alternation, which provides independent evidence for an analysis of the …
Overt speakers in syntax
This paper focuses on a type of direct address in Sason Arabic that fails to behave like a regular vocative phrase. In particular, unlike regular vocative phrases, this form of address spells out both the speaker and the addressee, and it is conditioned by the speaker’s expression of affection towards the addressee. A DP and its adjacent invariable clitic (i.e., a frozen 3rd person singular form of a possessive pronoun) are the constituents of th…
Evidence from Sason Arabic for Ā-Movement Feeding Case-Licensing Relations
This squib presents an argument for a locality-based, Case-theoretic licensing approach to configurations in which certain positions cannot be occupied by overt material at Spell-Out. Investigating an indirect causative construction in Sason Arabic, I demonstrate that the embedded agent is separated from its licenser by a phase domain, and as such cannot be Case-licensed. Ā-movement makes licensing possible, placing the embedded agent and its lic…
Variable embedded agent in Sason Arabic
The paper investigates the syntax and semantics of an indirect causative construction, ‘make’ causatives, in Sason Arabic with a focus on the syntax of the embedded structure and the status of the implicit embedded agent. On the basis of several diagnostics, the study demonstrates that ‘make’ embeds an agentive VoiceP, which also manifests an active-passive alternation despite the absence of any morphological reflex. Regarding the nature of the i…
The Anaphor Agreement Effect in the nominal domain
We examine a set of agreement asymmetries in the Turkish nominal domain, motivating two core generalizations. Firstly, the assignment of genitive case yields an opacifying effect, making certain large nominals, but not pronouns, into domains inaccessible for agreement. Secondly, this opacifying effect is overridden in cases of binding: if an element that normally fails to agree acts as a binder, it can exceptionally participate in an agreement re…
On Iranian case and agreement
On passives of passives
Perlmutter and Postal (1977 and subsequent) argued that passives cannot passivize. Three prima facie counterexamples have come to light, found in Turkish, Lithuanian, and Sanskrit. We reexamine these three cases and demonstrate that rather than counterexemplifying Perlmutter and Postal's generalization, these confirm it. The Turkish construction is an impersonal of a passive, the Lithuanian is an evidential of a passive, and the Sanskrit is an un…
On passives of passives
Perlmutter and Postal (1977 and subsequent) argued that passives cannot passivize. Three prima facie counterexamples have come to light, found in Turkish, Lithuanian, and Sanskrit. We reexamine these three cases and demonstrate that rather than counterexemplifying Perlmutter and Postal's generalization, these confirm it. The Turkish construction is an impersonal of a passive, the Lithuanian is an evidential of a passive, and the Sanskrit is an un…
Variable embedded agent in Sason Arabic
The paper investigates the syntax and semantics of an indirect causative construction, ‘make’ causatives, in Sason Arabic with a focus on the syntax of the embedded structure and the status of the implicit embedded agent. On the basis of several diagnostics, the study demonstrates that ‘make’ embeds an agentive VoiceP, which also manifests an active-passive alternation despite the absence of any morphological reflex. Regarding the nature of the i…
Anaphora and agreement in the Turkish DP
Whether the operation Agree should be taken to underlie anaphoric binding has been the topic of much recent debate. In this paper, we provide a novel empirical argument in favor of the role of φ -features and Agree in binding. The argument revolves around the intimate relationship between agreement and anaphora in the Turkish nominal domain, where certain complex pronominals can agree only if they locally bind an anaphor or bound pronoun. We argu…
On Causee in Sason Arabic
This article aims to understand the syntax of three causative constructions in Sason Arabic. It demonstrates that in geminate causatives and 'give' causatives, the causee is introduced in CauseeP, unlike the embedded agent in 'make' causatives, which embed a thematic VoiceP. Despite differing from Voice in several respects, Causee, like Voice, exhibits an active-passive-like alternation, which provides independent evidence for an analysis of the …
On Iranian case and agreement
The Anaphor Agreement Effect in the nominal domain
We examine a set of agreement asymmetries in the Turkish nominal domain, motivating two core generalizations. Firstly, the assignment of genitive case yields an opacifying effect, making certain large nominals, but not pronouns, into domains inaccessible for agreement. Secondly, this opacifying effect is overridden in cases of binding: if an element that normally fails to agree acts as a binder, it can exceptionally participate in an agreement re…
On Iranian case and agreement
On passives of passives
Perlmutter and Postal (1977 and subsequent) argued that passives cannot passivize. Three prima facie counterexamples have come to light, found in Turkish, Lithuanian, and Sanskrit. We reexamine these three cases and demonstrate that rather than counterexemplifying Perlmutter and Postal's generalization, these confirm it. The Turkish construction is an impersonal of a passive, the Lithuanian is an evidential of a passive, and the Sanskrit is an un…
Overt speakers in syntax
This paper focuses on a type of direct address in Sason Arabic that fails to behave like a regular vocative phrase. In particular, unlike regular vocative phrases, this form of address spells out both the speaker and the addressee, and it is conditioned by the speaker’s expression of affection towards the addressee. A DP and its adjacent invariable clitic (i.e., a frozen 3rd person singular form of a possessive pronoun) are the constituents of th…
Evidence from Sason Arabic for Ā-Movement Feeding Case-Licensing Relations
This squib presents an argument for a locality-based, Case-theoretic licensing approach to configurations in which certain positions cannot be occupied by overt material at Spell-Out. Investigating an indirect causative construction in Sason Arabic, I demonstrate that the embedded agent is separated from its licenser by a phase domain, and as such cannot be Case-licensed. Ā-movement makes licensing possible, placing the embedded agent and its lic…
Variable embedded agent in Sason Arabic
The paper investigates the syntax and semantics of an indirect causative construction, ‘make’ causatives, in Sason Arabic with a focus on the syntax of the embedded structure and the status of the implicit embedded agent. On the basis of several diagnostics, the study demonstrates that ‘make’ embeds an agentive VoiceP, which also manifests an active-passive alternation despite the absence of any morphological reflex. Regarding the nature of the i…
On Causee in Sason Arabic
This article aims to understand the syntax of three causative constructions in Sason Arabic. It demonstrates that in geminate causatives and 'give' causatives, the causee is introduced in CauseeP, unlike the embedded agent in 'make' causatives, which embed a thematic VoiceP. Despite differing from Voice in several respects, Causee, like Voice, exhibits an active-passive-like alternation, which provides independent evidence for an analysis of the …
Involvee causatives in Turkish
In this study, we investigate a morphologically but not semantically causative construction in Turkish, which we label ‘involvee causative’ (InvC). In contrast to regular causative, the external argument in InvCs is not interpreted as an agent or causer but as merely being involved in or experiencing the event. Additionally, InvCs also differ from regular causatives in not licensing agent-oriented adverbs, instrument phrases and passivization. In…
Anaphora and agreement in the Turkish DP
Whether the operation Agree should be taken to underlie anaphoric binding has been the topic of much recent debate. In this paper, we provide a novel empirical argument in favor of the role of φ -features and Agree in binding. The argument revolves around the intimate relationship between agreement and anaphora in the Turkish nominal domain, where certain complex pronominals can agree only if they locally bind an anaphor or bound pronoun. We argu…
No-Reversal Constraint and beyond
This study investigates various un(der)studied word-internal language mixing patterns among Turkish, Anatolian Arabic and Northern Kurdish, in the context of both verbal and nominal domains. The examination of these patterns reveals various theoretical implications. First, head-directionality may change as a result of language contact. Second, in some instances, certain functional categories are borrowed as semantically vacuous heads, and are ide…
Hierarchical relations guide memory retrieval in sentence comprehension
Real-time sentence comprehension relies on memory resources to establish syntactic dependencies. Such dependency formation is subject to hierarchical constraints on interpretation. However, it remains an open question how hierarchical information is represented and used in working memory. Here we asked whether hierarchical relations between noun phrases as in x c-commands y (Reinhart, 1976) constrain antecedent retrieval for a local anaphor. We m…
Computer Science (9 works) · Linguistics (9 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (9 works) · Philosophy (8 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Turkish (5 works) · Artificial Intelligence (4 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works) · Syntax (4 works) · Agreement (3 works)