معرفی
Dr. Onur Özsoy is a linguist specializing in heritage languages, multilingualism, and morphosyntax. Currently serving as Acting Professor at the University of Cologne and Postdoctoral Researcher in the BMBF-funded SPEAK project at the Leibniz Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin, he investigates morphosyntactic production/comprehension in Turkish heritage speakers across Germany and the USA, focusing on verbal aspect and nominal reference.
- Education:
- PhD in Linguistics, Humboldt University of Berlin (2024)
- M.Ed. in Geography and English, Humboldt University of Berlin (2021)
- BA in Geography and English, Humboldt University of Berlin (2019)
His research bridges theoretical and applied linguistics, examining clause combining strategies, temporal connectives, and predictive processing in heritage languages. He contributes to interdisciplinary debates on language dominance effects in L3 acquisition and pedagogical challenges in heritage language classrooms.
Recent publications analyze aspect expression, subject omission, and cognitive contributors to language variation. He collaborates with scholars like Artemis Alexiadou and Natalia Gagarina on comparative heritage language studies.
- Scientific Awards:
- 1st place for endangered languages exhibition project, Humboldt University (2019)
Özsoy actively engages in public outreach, including workshops on multilingual families, media interviews (e.g., WDR 1, COSMO), and podcast appearances on language acquisition topics.
