A Grammar of Turkish Sign Language (TİD)

2.1.2.5. Argument clauses

Clauses can be used as grammatical objects in TİD. Two word orders occur with argument clauses: SOV and SVO. The SOV word order occurs with WANT-type main verbs. We show the clausal object with square brackets. See also [Syntax – 3.3.2.1. and 3.3.2.2].

 

elak ixk [good school go] much want

‘Ela wants to go to a good school very much.’

(Göksel and Kelepir 2016: 71)

 

ix1 [book read] be_crazy_about.

‘I am crazy about reading books.’

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Other embedding verbs which follow a clausal object are:

 

like

want

begin

go

forget

 

The SVO order occurs with know-type verbs. The argument clause below, shown in square brackets follows the main clause verb know:

 

alik selfk think [ayşe rest]

‘Ali himself thinks Ayle is resting.’

(Göksel and Kelepir 2016: 71)

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© 2020 Kadir Gökgöz, Aslı Göksel, Demet Kayabaşı, Meltem Kelepir, Onur Keleş, Okan Kubus, Aslı Özkul, A. Sumru Özsoy, Burcu Saral, Hande Sevgi, Süleyman S. Taşçı

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)