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Tan Arda Gedik is a doctoral researcher at the Chair of Language and Cognition (Alexander von Humboldt-Professur) at Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), where he investigates the effects of literacy on morphosyntax in native Turkish speakers. He concurrently teaches an introduction to psycholinguistics at Bilkent University and works as a part-time English instructor at Berlitz Ankara, demonstrating his commitment to both research and practical language education.
Gedik's research spans three interconnected strands: applying usage-based construction grammar to language teaching applications, investigating literacy-related individual differences in Turkish morphosyntactic knowledge, and converging posthumanism with applied linguistics. His work on Turkish syntax, particularly on evidentiality and the unevidentiality construction, has generated significant scholarly interest. He has developed specialized corpora including the MEBET corpus for analyzing English textbooks in Turkey and the EUEE corpus for examining university entrance exams.
His publication record reveals a clear trajectory from traditional linguistic analysis toward more interdisciplinary approaches that integrate cognitive linguistics with posthumanist philosophy. Gedik's work increasingly examines how language reflects and shapes our relationship with the environment and non-human entities, while simultaneously challenging traditional assumptions about native speaker competence and literacy effects. His research on individual differences in constructional knowledge has important implications for language teaching methodology and teacher training programs.
Gedik has presented his research at numerous international conferences across Europe and North America, including events at Cornell University, Arizona State University, and the University of Bergen. His collaborative work with scholars like Zeynep Arpaözü and Yağmur Su Kolsal demonstrates his commitment to interdisciplinary research that bridges theoretical linguistics with practical applications in language education.
