A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

1.1.1.3. Compounds involving Size-and-Shape Specifiers (SASS)

In compounds involving a Size-and-Shape-Specifier [Morphology– 5.2.], the head of the compound may not be identifiable, as the SASS might represent an entity, but also alternatively a feature of the entity. In TİD, the SASS usually follows the lexical sign. Examples are presented below:

 

 

 

sound^CL (B):'two_vertical_objects' 

'loudspeakers’

 

red^CL(<): ‘round_object'

'tomato’

 

 

bındı^CL(<):‘round_object'

'coconut’

 

 

swım^CL(g,B):‘round_object'
'swimming pool’

 

 

 

 

In contrast to SASSes that modify nouns in a phrase as adjectives [Lexicon – 3.4.], the SASSes in compounds are lexicalized. For instance, even when referring to a cubic tomato, roundness SASS in the compound is still obligatory when the compound is modified by another shape feature:

 

 

red^CL(<):‘round_object'^cube

‘a cubic tomato’

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Bibliographical reference for citation

The entire grammar:
Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Chapter:
LastName, FirstName. 2020. Syntax: 3. Coordination and Subordination. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Section:
LastName, FirstName. 2020. Phonology: 1.1.1.2. Finger configuration. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

LastName, FirstName. 2020. Syntax: 3.1.2.1.3. Manual markers in disjunctive coordination. In Kelepir, Meltem (ed.). 2020. A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (https://thesignhub.eu/grammar/tid) (Accessed 31-10-2021)