A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

Irregular negatives are also discussed in [Morphology – 3.5.2.]. An irregular negation can still show the negative component in a transparent way. Below we show two transparent negative verbs, want.not and suffice.not.

 

 

want 

 

 

want.not

        

 

ix₁ deaf get_upset want.not

‘I don’t want the Deaf to get upset.’                                        

   (Gökgöz 2011: 21)

 

 

suffice 

 

 

suffice.not

 

 

         

money suffice.not

‘The money does not suffice.’

                                                               

  (r.f. Dikyuva et al. 2015: 260-261)

 

can.not/should.not is an irregular negative modal. It is an opaque form because one cannot identify the positive form by looking at the negative form. Such forms are called suppletive forms [Morphology – 3.5.]. can.not/should.not includes modality and means either the negation of possibility or permission. An example is given below.

 

 

can.not/should.not

         

 

The negative existential, there_is_not ([Morphology- 3.5.2.]), is another suppletive negative form. An example is given below.

 

        ix₁ small, kindergarten there_is_not

        ‘While I was a small child, there wasn’t a kindergarten.’

          (Gökgöz 2009: 49)