Faruk Akkuş

Faruk Akkuş is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at UMass Amherst, where he coordinates undergraduate studies. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Research examines syntactic variation in endangered languages, particularly Arabic dialects, Kurdish varieties, and Turkish. Fieldwork documents grammatical structures in understudied language communities.

Current investigations analyze implicit arguments and morphosyntactic features across dialects. Teaching includes syntax and field methods courses for linguistics students.