For any inquiries regarding my academic work, research interests, or potential collaborations, you can find my detailed CV here.
Ali Çağan Kaya
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Email: ali-kaya@hacettepe.edu.tr, alicagank@icloud.com
Web: alicagankaya.com
International Research IDs
ORCID: 0009-0007-9386-9766
Education Information
High School, Isparta Anadolu Lisesi, Türkiye 2018-2022 (Valedictorian)
B.A., Hacettepe University, Faculty of Letters, English Linguistics, Turkey 2022-2026
Refereed Congress / Symposium Publications in Proceedings
I. 17. Dilbilim Öğrenci Konferansı
VowSpace: Bir Ünlü Formant Analizi Uygulaması
II. 37. Ulusal Dilbilim Kurultayı
VowSpace: Bir Ünlü Formant Analizi Uygulaması
III. Student Conference on Linguistics 2024
VowSpace: A Vowel Formant Analysis Application
Skills
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
Praat
Python
R
SOFTWARE & CORPORA
VowSpace (https://github.com/alicagank/VowSpace/)
VowSpace is an open-source desktop application designed with the aim of acquiring, visualizing, normalizing, and linguistically analyzing vowel sounds from audio files and datasets.
praanscribe (https://github.com/alicagank/praanscribe/)
A small application for automatically transcribing audio and creating TextGrid files to be used in Praat.
EDUCATIONAL and ACADEMIC TALKS
Esperanto Education Module at Hacettepe University Linguistics Community
Workshop “Dilbilim ve Yazılım” (Linguistics and Software) at Linguistics Student Platform
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
The Ankara University Brain Research Center (AUBAUM / AU-BRC) | Phonetics Laboratory & Ankara University Linguistics Laboratory (2024)
Foreign Languages
Turkish, C2 NativeEnglish, C1 Advanced
Esperanto, B2 Intermediate
German, B1 Intermediate
French, B1 Intermediate
Mandarin, A2 Beginner
MEMBERSHIPS & scholarly affiliations
Hacettepe University Linguistics Community (2022-) — Academic Coordinator
Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW) (2024-) — Member
Tutmonda Esperantista Junulara Organizo (World Esperanto Youth Organization) (2024-) — Member
Universala Esperanto-Asocio (Universal Esperanto Association) (2024-) — Member
World Cube Association (2018-) — Member
Non-Academic Experience
Book review, ”Esperanto kaj plurlingva estonteco”, Turka Stelo #63 Marto 2021
Hacettepe University Linguistics Community “Ders Çıkışı Dilbilim” Podcast — Co-Host & Producer
Rode Kruis Nederland, Ready2Help (2024) — Volunteer