Galina BlankenshipApr 1733 minSENTENCE SYNTAXBranching in Turkish Sentences, Or Why Turkish Is So Difficult to Read (or Write)
Galina BlankenshipApr 424 minTURKISH USAGETautologies, Redundancies, and Other Usage Problems in the Turkish Language (Anlatım Bozuklukları)
Galina BlankenshipMar 1028 minINFORMATION STRUCTURESignaling Emphasis and Emotion in English and Turkish Writing
Galina BlankenshipMar 625 minSENTENCE SYNTAXImperatives in English and Turkish: From Direct Orders to Suggestions to Polite Requests (Part 1)
Galina BlankenshipFeb 1530 minSENTENCE SYNTAXImperatives in English and Turkish: From Direct Orders to Suggestions to Polite Requests (Part 2)
Galina BlankenshipJan 2630 minSENTENCE SYNTAXSubordination in English: Relative & Reduced Relative Clauses (Participles, Verbless Clauses)
Galina BlankenshipJan 2213 minSENTENCE SYNTAXSubordination in English: Nominal (Noun) Clauses (Content, Complement, and Verbless Clauses)
Galina BlankenshipJan 412 minSENTENCE SYNTAXThe “Holy” Subject in an English Sentence: English as a Subject-Prominent Language
Galina BlankenshipDec 3113 minHISTORY OF TURKEYFrom Türk to Turquia to Turkey to Türkiye, or What Came First, Turkey or a Turkey?
Galina BlankenshipDec 12, 202211 minSENTENCE SYNTAXThe “Hidden” Turkish Subject: Turkish as a Topic-Prominent Language
Galina BlankenshipNov 20, 202223 minTURKISH GRAMMARTwo Basic Principles of Turkish Syntax and Other General Properties (As Compared to English)
Galina BlankenshipSep 8, 20226 minTURKISH PUNCTUATIONHow French (and Not English) Continues Shaping Turkish Writing
Galina BlankenshipJul 11, 20228 minFRENCH PUNCTUATIONFrench and English Styles and Punctuation Patterns: Information Flow, Fronting & Postponing
Galina BlankenshipJul 7, 202211 minENGLISH PUNCTUATIONSeparated by a Common Language: British vs. American English (Quotations)
Galina BlankenshipJul 6, 20222 minENGLISH PUNCTUATIONSeparated by a Common Language: British vs. American English (Abbreviations)
Galina BlankenshipJun 27, 202212 minFRENCH PUNCTUATIONComparing French and English Styles and Punctuation Patterns: Parallel, Successive Items in a Series
Galina BlankenshipJun 27, 20226 minFRENCH PUNCTUATIONFrench and English Styles and Punctuation Patterns: A Few Style Remarks
Galina BlankenshipMay 4, 202212 minTURKISH GRAMMARIntonation Contours and Punctuation Patterns in English and Turkish: Comma & Appositional Intonation
Galina BlankenshipApr 25, 20227 minENGLISH GRAMMARThe Magic of Information Flow: Shifting Stress in Speech and Writing
Galina BlankenshipApr 4, 202218 minSENTENCE SYNTAXClefting in English, or “What the Point Is... Is That…” vs. “The Point Is.. Is That…”?
Galina BlankenshipApr 4, 20222 minENGLISH GRAMMARUse of Inversion Constructions in the English Language
Galina BlankenshipApr 1733 minBranching in Turkish Sentences, Or Why Turkish Is So Difficult to Read (or Write)
