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: (Kindly check the homepage! :))
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. The 17th Student Conference of Linguistics, Ankara University, Ankara, Türkiye
VowSpace: Bir ünlü formant analizi uygulaması
II. The 37th National Linguistics Congress, Kocaeli University, Kocaeli, Türkiye
VowSpace: Bir ünlü formant analizi uygulaması [Poster]
III. Student Conference on Linguistics 2024, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Türkiye
VowSpace: A vowel formant analysis application [Poster]
IV. Student Conference on Linguistics 2025, Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Türkiye
Praanscribe: A semi-automatic, AI powered segmentation tool for Praat [Poster]
V. 77. Studentischen Tagung Sprachwissenschaft, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany
Acoustic analysis of Turkish vowel formants: A methodological perspective
VI. The 38th National Linguistics Congress, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Türkiye
Türkçede ünlü formantlarının meta- analitik incelenmesi: Yöntembilimsel farklılıklar ve etkileri
Projects & Scholarly Help
TÜBİTAK 2209-A: “The Vowel Space of Standard Turkish”
Role: Executive and Researcher
TÜBİTAK 1002-A: “Acoustic Phonological Aspects of the Production Processes of Turkish Compound Words in Spoken Language”
Role: Scholar (Data Collection & Analysis)
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
The Ankara University Brain Research Center (AUBAUM / AU-BRC) | Phonetics Laboratory & Ankara University Linguistics Laboratory (2024) under the supervision of Dr. İpek Pınar UZUN
During my internship, I received training in psycholinguistic research methodologies, including the use of the EyeLink 1000+ eye-tracking system and pupillometry. I also assisted researchers in analyzing acoustic data using Praat, contributing to projects focused on phonetic analysis.
Editorial EXPERIENCE
Editor-in-chief at Hacettepe University Linguistics Community’s Website: hulinguistics.com
Skills
CSS
HTML
JavaScript
LaTeXPraat
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/)
Praanscribe is an open-source Pyhton application developed with the aim of automizing the process of segmenting parts of speech as much as possible using Praat.
Meta-analysis of Turkish vowels
Kaya, A. Ç., & Yağlı, E. (2025, April 30). Meta-analysis of Turkish vowels. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/UA465 [Data]
A meta-analysis of 22 studies on Turkish vowel formants, examining how methodological differences affect acoustic measurements of F1 and F2. The dataset was shared on the Open Science Framework platform.
EDUCATIONAL and ACADEMIC TALKS
Esperanto Education Module at Hacettepe University Linguistics Community
Workshop “Dilbilim ve Yazılım” (Linguistics and Software) at Linguistics Student Platform
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-) — President
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