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Galina Blankenship

Linguist & Copywriter

Galina Blankenship

Linguist & Copywriter

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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)

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

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

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

How French (and Not English) Continues Shaping Turkish Writing

Word Stress in Turkish

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

Comparing English and Turkish Sentence Classifications

Reconsidering the Classifications of Verbals in English and Turkish: Missing Categories

The TDK’s Punctuation Guidelines… Don’t Always Make Sense

The Turkish Language Reform and Its Discontents

History of the Turkish Literary Language: Many Poets, Few Grammarians

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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)

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