FEATURED NEOLOGISM:

My favourite neologism, which particularly gained popularity in the last decade, is mansplaining. It is a blend of the words “man” and “explaining”, referring to a situation where a man explains something to a woman in a condescending or patronizing way, assuming she lacks knowledge on the topic. It powerfully communicates a gendered social practice through linguistic creativity.

Yasemin Erdoğan-Öztürk is a sociolinguist and discourse analyst exploring multilingualism and identity in contemporary superdiverse contexts shaped by migration, gender and social transformation. She holds a PhD in Language studies and Linguistics at Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey. She currently works as a research assistant at Karabük University, Turkey. She is also the co-coordinator of the DISCORE Research Group based at METU.

In her PhD research, Yasemin investigated how multilingual return-migrant women navigate belonging, affect, and multilingual repertoires through everyday language and narrative practices. Her work bridges linguistic and cultural perspectives to show how multilingual expression and linguistic repertoires shape identity, power, and social inclusion or exclusion. More information about me and my publications.