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Branching in Turkish Sentences, Or Why Turkish Is So Difficult to Read (or Write)

Tautologies, Redundancies, and Other Usage Problems in the Turkish Language (Anlatım Bozuklukları)

Signaling Emphasis and Emotion in English and Turkish Writing

Imperatives in English and Turkish: From Direct Orders to Suggestions to Polite Requests (Part 1)

Imperatives in English and Turkish: From Direct Orders to Suggestions to Polite Requests (Part 2)

Subordination in English: Adverbial (Adverb) Clauses

Subordination in English: Relative & Reduced Relative Clauses (Participles, Verbless Clauses)

Subordination in English: Nominal (Noun) Clauses (Content, Complement, and Verbless Clauses)

The “Holy” Subject in an English Sentence: English as a Subject-Prominent Language

The “Hidden” Turkish Subject: Turkish as a Topic-Prominent Language

Two Basic Principles of Turkish Syntax and Other General Properties (As Compared to English)

Word Stress in Turkish

French and English Styles and Punctuation Patterns: Information Flow, Fronting & Postponing

Separated by a Common Language: British vs. American English (Quotations)

Comparing French and English Styles and Punctuation Patterns: Parallel, Successive Items in a Series

French and English Styles and Punctuation Patterns: A Few Style Remarks

Intonation Contours and Punctuation Patterns in English and Turkish: Comma & Appositional Intonation

The Magic of Information Flow: Shifting Stress in Speech and Writing

The Use of Fronting in English Sentences

Clefting in English, or “What the Point Is... Is That…” vs. “The Point Is.. Is That…”?