Publications by authors named "Fatih Bayram"

Background: Nowadays, as in every branch of industry, a large amount of data can be collected in mining, both in productivity and occupational safety. It is increasingly essential to transform this data into useful information for enterprises. Data mining is very useful in processing and extracting useful information from the processed data.

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Introduction: This study investigates the heritage language performance of Turkish-German returnees upon their reintegration into Turkey and explores the impact of external factors on their proficiency in the (re-)activated heritage language (HL).

Methods: Data collection involved the participation of 28 Turkish heritage speakers and a control group of 28 monolingual speakers. The language proficiency of both groups was assessed through a cloze test and an error correction task with a focus on converbial constructions, evidentiality and direct object case marking in Turkish.

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Article Synopsis
  • The paper introduces the Heritage Language Experience (HeLEx) online questionnaire, aimed at documenting heritage bilingualism more effectively than existing tools.
  • It compares HeLEx with the Language and Social Background Questionnaire for heritage speakers (LSBQ-H) using data from 174 Turkish heritage speakers, examining key aspects like language exposure and proficiency.
  • Results show that both questionnaires effectively identify language experience patterns, but highlight HeLEx's advantages, particularly how methodological choices in question design can influence data quality and analysis outcomes.
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The year 2020 will certainly be remembered in human history as the year in which humans faced a global pandemic that drastically affected every living soul on planet earth. The COVID-19 pandemic certainly had a massive impact on human's social and daily lives. The economy and relations of all countries were also radically impacted.

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This study examines the role of language dominance (LD) on linguistic competence outcomes in two types of early bilinguals: (i) child L2 learners of Catalan (L1 Spanish-L2 Catalan and, (ii) child Spanish L2 learners (L1 Catalan-L2 Spanish). Most child L2 studies typically focus on the development of the languages during childhood and either focus on L1 development or L2 development. Typically, these child L2 learners are immersed in the second language.

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