Aytac Celtek

List of John Benjamins publications for which Aytac Celtek plays a role.

Articles

This study provides a comprehensive analysis of the pragmatic marker “I think” and its translation into Turkish, specifically focusing on its use in TED Talks. Using a corpus-based approach, the research investigates the various functions and Turkish equivalents of “I think”, revealing… read more
Kaili, Hasan, Aytac Celtek and Despina Papadopoulou 2016 The acquisition of TAM markers in L2 Turkish: Evidence from Greek learnersSecond Language Acquisition of Turkish, Gürel, Ayşe (ed.), pp. 75–106 | Article
The acquisition of tense, aspect and modality (TAM) poses a major acquisition problem for adult second language (L2) learners. Early interlanguages are reported to be impoverished with respect to the use of TAM markers. In this paper, we investigate the acquisition and the use of TAM morphemes… read more
In this study, we analyse conversations recorded during ethnographic research in the Greek/Turkish bilingual community of Rhodes within a Conversation Analysis (CA) framework. Our data comprise recordings of everyday talk-in-interaction during bilingual family gatherings. We examine aspects of the… read more