Merhaba!
I’m Yağmur [jaːmur̥], a Ph.D. candidate in Linguistics at the University of California Santa Cruz, advised by Maziar Toosarvandani and Mia Gong.
My research includes work in syntax and semantics, with an empirical focus on the so-called Altaic languages. In syntax, I study morphological case and its interaction with clausal structure; in semantics, I work on evidentiality, modality, and aspect.
photo by jungu kang
recent updates
Feb 02, 2026 - presenting a poster at Tu+11 at MIT w/Emily Knick
Dec 09, 2025 - selected for the 2026 cohort of the Graduate Pedagogy Fellows at UCSC Teaching & Learning Center
Oct 18, 2025 - gave a talk at NELS 56 at NYU
May 30, 2025 - gave an invited talk at SMircle at Stanford University
Jan 10, 2025 - gave a talk at LSA 2025 in Philadelphia