YAĞMUR SAĞ Department of Linguistics, Rutgers University 18 Seminary Place, New Brunswick, NJ 08854 +18482180496 [email protected] [email protected] Webpage: http://rci.rutgers.edu/~ys371/

EDUCATION 2013-present Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ PhD, Linguistics Degree expected: June, 2018 2010-2013 Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey MA, Linguistics

2006-2010 Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey BA, Foreign Language Education

January-June 2009 The Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (Erasmus exchange student)

2002-2006 Lütfi Ege Anatolian Teacher Training High School, Denizli, Turkey Foreign Languages Department AREAS OF INTEREST Syntax, Morpho-syntax, Semantics

WORK Instructor at Rutgers University (Spring 2016-present) TA at Rutgers University (Fall 2015) English Language Instructor (January 2011-2013) School of Foreign Languages, Basic English Department Yıldız Technical University, 34349 İstanbul, Turkey

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TEACHING Spring 2017 Instructor, Rutgers University: Introduction to the Study of Language Fall 2016

Instructor, Rutgers University: Introduction to the Study of Language

Spring 2015 Instructor, Rutgers University: Introduction to Linguistic Theory Fall 2014

Teaching Assistant, Rutgers University: Introduction to Linguistic Theory

Spring 2013 Instructor at Yıldız Technical University: Teaching English, Istanbul Turkey Fall 2013

Instructor at Yıldız Technical University: Teaching English, Istanbul Turkey

Spring 2012

Instructor at Yıldız Technical University: Teaching English, Istanbul Turkey

Fall 2011

Instructor at Yıldız Technical University: Teaching English, Istanbul Turkey

Spring 2011

Instructor at Yıldız Technical University: Teaching English, Istanbul Turkey

Spring 2010

Intern: IDV Özel Bilkent Okulları (Bilkent Collage), Ankara, Turkey

Spring 2009

Intern: The Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

TALKS AND PRESENTATIONS Sağ, Y. 2016. Turkish an Optional Classifier Language with Plurals. Presented at MACSIM 6, CUNY, October, 1. Sağ, Y. 2016. Verbal Head Incorporation in Turkish. Presented at The 12th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 12). Central Connecticut State University, May, 12-15. Sağ, Y. 2016. The Semantics of Number in Turkish. Presented at RULing XI, Rutgers University, April, 2. Sağ, Y. 2016. Complex Predication via Phrasal Adjunction to a Head Category. Presented at The West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics 34 (WCCFL 34). The University of Utah, April, 29 – May, 1. Sağ, Y. 2016. Pseudo-Verb Incorporation via Phrasal Adjunction to V0. Presented at the 40th Penn Linguistics Conference (PLC). UPenn, March, 18-20.

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Sağ, Y. 2015. Complex Predicate Formation via Adjunction to a Head Category: Evidence from Light Verb Constructions in Turkish. Presented at Turkish, Turkic and the Languages of Turkey, UMass, Amherst. November, 21-22. Sağ, Y. 2015. Light Verb Constructions in Turkish. Presented at RULing X, Rutgers University, May, 2. Sağ, Y. 2014. Person agreement in the Denizli dialect of Turkish. Presented at the 10th Workshop on Altaic Formal Languages (WAFL), Massachusetts Institute Technology, Cambridge, May 2-4. Winner of the Best Poster Award. Sağ, Y. 2014. Person Agreement in the Denizli Dialect of Turkish. Presented at RULing IX, Rutgers University, April, 11-12. Sağ, Y. 2012. The Copula and the Embedded Structure in Denizli Dialect of Turkish: A Nano-syntactic Analysis. Presented at the 16th International Conference on Turkish Linguistics- ICTL, Middle East Technical University, Ankara-Turkey, September, 18-21. Sağ, Y. 2012. Koşacın Denizli Ağzındaki Yeri ve İşlevi [The position and function of the copula in the Denizli Dialect]. Presented at 26. Ulusal Dilbilim Kurultayı (the 26th All-Turkey Linguistics Conference), Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Isparta-Turkey, May, 24-26. Sağ, Y. 2012. The Nominalized Complements in Two Dialects of Turkish: Evidence from the copula. Presented at Workshop on Formal Altaic Linguistics- WAFL, Stuttgart University, StuttgartGermany, May, 18-20. Sağ, Y. 2012. The Nominalized Complements in Two Dialects of Turkish: Evidence from the copula. Presented at Boğaziçi Linguistic Circle- BLC, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul- Turkey, May 9.

ABSTRACTS SUBMITTED AND ACCEPTED Sağ, Y. The Behavior of the Copula in Denizli Dialect of Turkish. At Syntax of the World Languages 5SWL 5, CAAS, Dubrownik-Croatia, 1-4 October, 2012. (Unable to attend)

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PUBLICATIONS Sağ, Y. in press. Verbal Head Incorporation in Turkish. Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 12). MITWPL. Sağ, Y. in press. Complex Predication via Phrasal Adjunction to a Head Category. Proceedings of the 34th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL). Casscadilla Proceedings Project. Sağ, Y. in press. Person agreement in the Denizli Dialect of Turkish. Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 10). MITWPL. Sağ, Y. 2016. On the Semantics of Classifiers: A New Perspective from an Optional Classifier Language, Turkish. Ms. Rutgers University. Sağ, Y. 2015. The spell-out of combined predicate structures in Turkish: a nano-syntactic analysis. Ankara Papers in Turkish and Turkic Linguistics. TURKOLOGICA:103. Harrassowitz Verlag. Wiesbaden. pg. 202-215. Sağ, Y. 2015. Complex Predicate Formation via Adjunction to a Head Category: Evidence from Light Verb Constructions in Turkish. Ms. Rutgers University. Sağ, Y. 2013. The Verbal Functional Domain in the Denizli Dialect of Turkish. MA Thesis. Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. Sağ, Y. 2013. Denizli ağzında tümcesel tümleçlerin yapısı: Ölçünlü Türkçe ile karşılaştırmalı bir çalışma. [The structure of sentential complements in the Denizli dialect: A comparison with Standard Turkish] Proceedings of the 26th Dilbilim Kurultayı (All-Turkey Linguistics Conference), 24-26 May 2012, Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi, Isparta. Sağ, Y. 2013. Copula in Turkish. Proceedings of the 8th Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL 8), MITWPL 67.

AWARDS AND GRANTS 2015 Mellon Summer Research Grant. 2014 Mellon Summer Research Grant. 2014 Best Poster Award. The 10th Workshop on Altaic Formal Languages, MIT. May, 2-4. 2013 Excellence Fellowship for Doctoral Study at Rutgers University. 4

SERVICES & MEMBERSHIPS 2013- present Member of Linguistics Graduate Student Association (LGSA) 2014-2015

Colloquium Organizer

COMPUTER SKILLS MS Office, Latex

LANGUAGES Turkish (native), English (fluent), Persian (beginner), German (beginner), French (beginner)

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