معرفی
Ayşe Gürel is a full professor at the Department of Foreign Language Education, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from McGill University, Canada, and specializes in second language acquisition (SLA), first language attrition, neurolinguistics, and bilingualism. Her research focuses on morphosyntactic features in Turkish and English, neuro- and psycho-linguistic aspects of language acquisition/loss, and heritage language development. She has authored/co-authored over 70 publications, including books and journal articles in top-tier venues like Second Language Research and Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Linguistics, McGill University, Canada (2002)
- M.A. in English Language Teaching, Boğaziçi University (1996)
- B.A. in Foreign Language Education, Boğaziçi University (1992)
Research Interests: She investigates SLA of Turkish as a heritage language, morphological processing in bilinguals, aphasia in multilingual populations, and the role of memory systems in language acquisition. Recent work includes an edited volume on Second Language Acquisition of Turkish (John Benjamins, 2016) and studies on compound processing in L2 learners.
Awards:
- TÜBİTAK 2008 Incentive Award
- TÜBA-GEBİP Distinguished Young Scientists Award (2006)
- Boğaziçi University Excellence in Research Award (2004)
Advising & Grants: She has supervised 16+ theses (PhD/MA) and led projects funded by TÜBİTAK, Boğaziçi University, and DAAD. Her work includes studies on morphological priming effects and psycholinguistic aspects of SLA.
Labs/Teams: Collaborates with the Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism (Germany) and the Boğaziçi University Neurocognitive Lab. Active in editorial roles for Second Language Research and Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism.
